William A. Switzer Provincial Park
53.5201° N, 117.8039° W
William A. Switzer Provincial Park, Alberta. 53.5201° N, 117.8039° W
Provincial park, 61.2 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ab/william-a-switzer-provincial-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.
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- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics 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).
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William A. Switzer Provincial Park is a 61.2 km² provincial park 5.7 km north of Entrance, in Alberta. It was established in 1958.
5 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Gregg Lake (1.47 km²).
- Area
- 61.2 km²
- Established
- 1958
- Named lakes
- 5
Conditions today
YELLOW WARNING - SNOWFALL · issued Thu 3:33 p.m. MDT
Heavy snowfall is expected on Friday and Saturday, with total amounts of 10 to 20 cm by Saturday night.
Rainfall will change over to snow through the day on Friday as temperatures drop. Accumulations will be confined to higher elevations during the day on Friday, but will become widespread by Friday evening. Roughly 10 cm is expected Friday evening, with another 5 to 10 cm on Saturday.
Snowfall will end late Saturday night.
Travel will likely be challenging. Visibility will likely be reduced at times. Local utility outages are possible.
Allow extra time for travel.
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 7:33 a.m. MDT
10 °C
Observed at Hinton, as of Thu 9:00 p.m. MDT
Tonight: Rain. Snow level lowering to 1400 metres overnight. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Low plus 5.
Weather: Hinton (local forecast), as of Thu 9:02 p.m. MDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:32 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:07 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:08 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:43 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 7:04 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:27 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Hinton, as of Thu 11:00 p.m. MDT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregg Lake | 1.47 km² |
| 2 | Jarvis Lake | 1.43 km² |
| 3 | Cache Lake | 0.28 km² |
| 4 | Graveyard Lake | 0.13 km² |
| 5 | Blue Lake | 0.1 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Parks Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks
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