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Cypress Hills Provincial Park Dark Sky Preserve

A man stands on a dock looking at the night sky across an alpine lake.
The Alberta sky is lit with stars above a field with a pine forest in the background.

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Cypress Hills was Alberta’s first Dark Sky Preserve. It received the official designation in 2004. The park’s high elevation and lack of light pollution mean it’s still one of the...

Location

Elkwater, Alberta