Chain Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Nanton, Alberta, Canada. It was established along the Chain Lakes Reservoir. The Cowboy Trail runs along the eastern boundary of the park.
There are a number of features that are worthy of mention here.
a. The park is one of the few provincial parks that are open year round.
c. It is a regularly re-stocked lake with a large stock of western lake trout.
c. Ice fishing is encouraged by having several insulated natural gas thermastically heated kitchen shelters where fishers can warm up in the winter.
d. Without a doubt, the kitchen shelters are among the best available anywhere. Each shelter has tiled floors, with large industrial sized gas stove islands and ceiling circulating gas furnaces.
e. Camping facilities included both individual sites with power and a group camp, large enough for about 15–20 recreational vehicles and tents, that sits beside a beautiful small creek.
f. View of the Rocky Mountains is to be admired and enjoyed, as well as the classic foothills of the Rockies.
g. There a number of walking trails of various lengths and levels of challenge throughout the park.
h. The park's location beside Alberta Highway 22 that runs north and south through spectacular scenic foothill and mountain vistas, makes the trip to the park, in itself, worth the time spent going to the park. Highways to the park are all first class paved roads.
i. The park's location within 1 1/2 hours of Calgary and about the same from Lethbridge to the east and the Crowsnest Pass to the west, makes for a pleasant Sunday drive.
j. The weather is classic foothills weather that is variable, depending upon the season.
k. In addition to fishing and hiking, the park and surrounding area is a nirvana for camera buffs.
l. Readily available emergency services are provided by a number of municipal and provincial agencies.
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