Welch Creek Natural Area (88.9 km)
Welch Creek Natural Area, established in 1971, is located at the end of Highway 761, with access through a wellsite at the southeast corner. The area includes black spruce and tamarack peatlands, an open patterned fen, and a mature balsam poplar-white spruce stand. It is home to uncommon plant species such as the Carex interior, Drosera anglica, and Eleocharis elliptica, as well as wildlife like Canada jays, moose, deer, black bear, and pine martens. For more details, visit SAPAA.
Access: Head west on Highway 53 from Rimbey, turn south on Range Road 44, west on Township Road 420, and north on Highway 761. The site will be on your right in 2.9 km.
Partners: Alberta Environment and Parks
Alberta Discover Guide: No
Welch Creek Natural Area, established in 1971, is located at the end of Highway 761, with access through a wellsite at the southeast corner. The area includes black spruce and tamarack peatlands, an open patterned fen, and a mature balsam poplar-white spruce stand. It is home to uncommon plant species such as the Carex interior, Drosera anglica, and Eleocharis elliptica, as well as wildlife like Canada jays, moose, deer, black bear, and pine martens. For more details, visit SAPAA.
Access: Head west on Highway 53 from Rimbey, turn south on Range Road 44, west on Township Road 420, and north on Highway 761. The site will be on your right in 2.9 km.
Partners: Alberta Environment and Parks
Alberta Discover Guide: No
