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Fickle Lake Provincial Recreation Area

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Fickle Lake Provincial Recreation Area · Alberta

what to expect

Fickle Lake Provincial Recreation Area (PRA) is situated in the beautiful lower foothills area. The park is 11.52 square kilometers in size and supports a wide variety of recreational activities including camping, fishing, birding and boating. The PRA is part of the Foothills Natural Region with a mixed forest of lodgepole pine, aspen poplar and white spruce that provide rich habitat for wildlife including bears, moose, deer and elk. The lake and surrounding wetland support important nesting sites for bald eagles and osprey, as well as loons, horned grebes, red-necked grebes, Canada geese and a variety of ducks. The lake also offers recreational fishing for northern pike, lake whitefish, walleye and yellow perch. Fickle Lake is named after Charles R. Fickle, a trapper who built a homestead…

Description: Alberta Parks

the basics

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The campsites

Total sites
41

Things to do nearby

Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.

Plus 2 user-tagged boat launches on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.

Water + services

  • Nearest dump station — Edson Sani Dump Station 27 km · Google Maps ↗

what to know

Updated each morning from provincial parks and Environment Canada.

First-come, first-served
No reservations taken or needed — show up, pick a vacant site, and self-register at the kiosk. Arrive early on summer weekends. See all first-come, first-served camping in Alberta →

what to bring

This list adapts to Fickle Lake Provincial Recreation Area. no showers means a travel towel;

If Fickle Lake Provincial Recreation Area is full

Other places to stay within 25 km — ones with openings in the next 14 days listed first.

Data refreshed 2026-06-13. Sources: Alberta Hotel & Lodging Assoc. + Camis reservation system + Google Places + OpenStreetMap. Neighbourhood joins 6 named anchors.