Waterton Lakes National Park
49.1014° N, 113.981° W
Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. 49.1014° N, 113.981° W
National park, 505 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ab/waterton-lakes-national-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- Parks Canada accommodation, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Parks Canada facilities, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Waterton Lakes National Park is a 505 km² national park 22 km southwest of Hill Spring, in Alberta. It was established in 1895.
9 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Waterton Lakes (12.6 km²).
- Area
- 505 km²
- Established
- 1895
- Named lakes
- 9
Conditions today
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT · issued Thu 3:43 p.m. MDT
The first accumulating snow of the season is expected late this week, which may affect holiday travel.
Rain will continue to spread across northern Alberta today. Precipitation will change to snow on Friday in west-central regions, and for much of the province by Saturday.
Many areas of Alberta are expected to see accumulating snow on Saturday, possibly including the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. The highest snowfall amounts are expected in western parts of the province, including Grande Cache, Hinton, Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House where snow totals of 10 to 25 cm are currently forecast. Snow amounts for other areas of the province remain uncertain.
Snow will taper off from north to south on Sunday.
Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm.
Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:43 a.m. MDT
17.7 °C
Observed at Waterton Park, as of Thu 9:00 p.m. MDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming west 40 gusting to 60 overnight. Low 12.
Weather: Waterton Park (local forecast), as of Thu 9:05 p.m. MDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:16 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:47 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:57 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:29 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:45 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:17 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterton Lakes | 12.6 km² |
| 2 | Lower Waterton Lake | 1.51 km² |
| 3 | Cameron Lake | 1.49 km² |
| 4 | Bertha Lake | 0.3 km² |
| 5 | Lineham Lakes | 0.2 km² |
| 6 | Lonesome Lake | 0.16 km² |
| 7 | Crypt Lake | 0.15 km² |
| 8 | Alderson Lake | 0.11 km² |
| 9 | Kesler Lake | 0.1 km² |
Waterfalls
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Things to do
Camping
- Backcountry camping
- Frontcountry camping
Facilities
- Boat launch
- Golf course
- Marina
- Picnic areas
- Trailheads
- Visitor or interpretation centre
- Washrooms
Official record
- Designation
- National park
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Parks Canada Agency
Photos
Names
- Parc national du Canada des Lacs-WatertonFrench form
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Every Friday by email: the Environment Canada forecast and any weather alerts in effect.