High Prairie

High Prairie is a town within northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is placed at the joint about Highway 2 yet Highway 749, about 89 kilometres permanency northeast over Valleyview or 118 kilometres westerly over Slave Lake. High Prairie's first post office born of 1910. In 1914, the alignment concerning the Edmonton, Dunvegan or British Columbia Railway, another regarded as much the Northern Alberta Railway, was choice after walk via High Prairie as an alternative about Grouard in accordance with the northeast. As a result, much residents yet groups from Grouard relocated in accordance with High Prairie once the Edmonton, Dunvegan then British Columbia Railway was once built.

Due according to its proximity in conformity with the ultimate shores on Lesser Slave Lake, High Prairie has a rising tourism industry, mainly among the warmer summer months. There are many sights at the lake, along with events such as like the Golden Walleye Classic. Winagami Lake Provincial Park, about 12 kilometres after the northern on High Prairie, and Kimiwan Lake, approximately 49 kilometres toughness after the northwest, are points of interest because of bird-watching enthusiasts. Winagami Lake or Kimiwan Lake are within the ordinary location the place foremost passage paths joint – the Central Flyway, the Mississippi Flyway, and the Pacific Flyway.