Love the Lake Family Fun Day
Hosted Annually at the Pigeon Lake Provincial Park Day-Use Area
Love the Lake Family Fun events will become a whole week of activities you can do with your family and friends. Go bug dipping! Discover underwater plants! Enjoy story time with a local beaver! Be a Nature Explorer! These activities (and more) are provided by our healthy lake partners
Dates for 2022 to be announced soon.
Featured Activities
Love the Lake Family Fun Hike
Go for a hike around Pigeon Lake. During your walk, keep your eyes peeled for the plants and animals on the bingo cards. Complete a line on at least one of the cards and collect your prize on August 8th, 10 am - 2 pm, at the Provincial Park Day-Use Area.
Print the Bingo Cards
Don't forget that :
Not all plants are safe to handle
Wildlife are best viewed from a safe distance
Alberta Lake Management Society
Get to know the lake! This photo scavenger hunt from the Alberta Lake Management Society(ALMS) is just the thing to do this long weekend. No need to collect anything, just be sure to take photos (it is a photo scavenger hunt after all).
ALMS has provided PRIZES for anyone who tries this activity. You don’t need to find everything...but if you do, you get an extra special big prize. Come find us at the Provincial Park Day-Use Area on August 8th (10 am - 2 pm) to collect your prize. Submit your photos by August 7th at noon.
ALMS endeavours to promote understanding and management of lakes and their reservoirs across Alberta.
Start the Scavenger Hunt
(Hint: you can find Pigeon Creek on our Weir Factsheet)
Alberta Parks
Enjoy storytime with a local beaver! Some very keen AB Parks staff managed to track down a talking beaver at the Pigeon Lake Provincial Park ... and they had a lot to say.
Battle River Watershed Alliance
Go bug dipping! Look for water-living invertebrates with our friends at the Battle River Watershed Alliance. Did you know that an invertebrate is a creature with no spine? Things like bugs, shrimp, and snails are all invertebrates! Be sure to explore the water safely and respect the invertebrates by keeping them in water while you investigate. Don’t forget to put them back once you’re done!
The Battle River Watershed Alliance leads in watershed management by connecting people through research, education, and advice to positively influence the future of our watersheds.
Cows & Fish
Spot the difference! Try this fun activity booklet
….but what’s a riparian area??Riparian areas are the green zones of water-loving plants next to streams, wetlands, lakes and sloughs that help to keep water clean and are a home for wildlife. Think of them like armor for our water - keeping it protected.
Cows and Fish is an Alberta-based group that works with landowners, communities and local stewardship groups to have functioning riparian areas for the benefit of all.