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Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Area is a cattle farming and activity destination popular for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, birdwatching, picnicking, canoeing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing & snowmobiling.
Beaver Pond Trail
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A 2.6 kilometre easy-going loop trail exploring a grassland-wetland bog with beaver dams and a possible beaver sighting.
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Interpretive sign explaining the history and geography of Beaver Hills on the Beaver Pond Hiking Trail in the Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Recreation Area.
Bus Tours
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The Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Recreation Area attracts many group functions for acvtivities like picnicking, hiking, xc skiing and birdwatching to name a few.
Day Use Picnic Site
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One of the many picnic sites in the park with picnic tables.
Fire Pits
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Sitting benches and fire pits located at the main reception buildings of the recreation area.
Group Picnic
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A group of people dressed in moose antlers are enjoying some quality time outdoors picnicking in the park.
Information Sign
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Throughout the recreation area are trails with information signs depicting the region, geography and history of the area. Many like this one includes a trail map.
Lost Lake Trail
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A photo of one of the recreation dirt trails exploring the forest in the Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Recreation Area.
Main Building
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The main information centre in the recreation area.
Picnicking in Blackfoot
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A group gathers at a picnic site on the grassy lawns of the Interpretive centre and the Blackfoot Administration Headquarters.
Planning a HIke
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Someone is studying his trail maps prior to heading out on an adventure in the Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Recreation Area
Staging Areas Sign
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One of the many road signs on the major roads surrounding the park directing people to trailheads, staging areas, lakes and picnic sites.