Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park
Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park was created to protect the Athabasca sand dunes, a unique boreal shield ecosystem located in the far-northwest part of the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. The Athabasca sand dunes are one of the most northerly active sand dune formations on Earth.
Flyover of the sand dunes
Athabasca sand dunes and vicinity aerial view
Lake Athabasca (data date June 9, 2002): the ice is light blue, dark blue is open water and the sand dunes located within the park on the south shore are white.
Lake Athabasca is in the north-west corner of Saskatchewan and the north-east corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N in Canada. The lake is 26% in Alberta and 74% in Saskatchewan.
Ice breakup on Lake Athabasca (June 9, 2002)
Lake Athabasca (August 24, 2002)