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{{short description|Provincial park in Alberta, Canada}}
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| name = Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park
| iucn_category = IV
| photo = Marten River Provincial Park, Alberta (28175428645).jpg
| photo_width = 250px
| photo_caption = Marten River campground, 1970
| map = Alberta
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| map_caption = Location of Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park in Alberta
| location = [[Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]
| nearest_city = [[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake]]
| coordinates = {{coord|55|24|44|N|114|48|49|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 = 77
| established = June 29, 1966
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| governing_body = [[Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation ]]
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'''Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park''' is a [[provincial park]] and [[birdwatching]] area located in north-central [[Alberta]], [[Canada]].

The park is located on the northeastern shore of the [[Lesser Slave Lake]] (while [[Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park]], ''Lesser Slave Lake Wildland'' and ''Grouard Trail Park Reserve'' stand on the northwestern shore), {{Convert|12|km}} north from the town of [[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake]] on [[Alberta Highway 88|Highway 88]].

Marten Mountain Viewpoint overlooks the lake at an elevation of {{Convert|983|m}}. The Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation, an education and research centre, is also located in the park. The centre is a transit place for more than 246 bird species (including 23 species of [[New World warbler|wood warbler]]s).

==See also==
*[[List of provincial parks in Alberta]]
*[[List of Canadian provincial parks]]
*[[List of National Parks of Canada]]

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060208160929/http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/planning/gateway/siteinformation.asp?id=68 Park page at AB parks]
*[http://www.borealbirdcentre.ca/ Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation]

{{Alberta parks}}

[[Category:Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124]]
[[Category:Provincial parks of Alberta]]
[[Category:Nature centres in Canada]]


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