Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park

Kakwa Wildland Park is a provincial park in the Rocky Mountain Foothills just east of the northern Canadian Rockies, in Alberta, Canada,^[2] immediately east of the border with British Columbia at the 120th meridian west. The park is home to Alberta's tallest waterfall, the Kakwa Falls, which is 30 metres tall.^[3]

Kakwa Wildland Park
Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location of Kakwa Wildland Park in Alberta
Location	Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city	Grande Cache
Coordinates	54°04′06″N 119°44′04″W
Area	64,928 ha (160,440 acres)
Established	1996[1]
Governing body	Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

It adjoins Willmore Wilderness Park and British Columbia's Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area and together with them comprises the first interprovincial park shared between BC and Alberta.^[4][5]

It takes the name from kâkwa, the Cree word for porcupine.^[6][7]

See also

• List of Alberta provincial parks
• Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Alberta-Saskatchewan)