Lac Cardinal Recreation Area is a municipally owned recreation area located adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park

Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park

Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located north-west of Grimshaw in northern Alberta, west of the junction of Highway 2 and Mackenzie Highway....

 on the eastern shore of Lac Cardinal

Cardinal Lake

Cardinal Lake is a lake in north-western Alberta, Canada. It is located at the southern end of Mackenzie Highway, near Grimshaw.Cardinal Lake has a total area of 50 km². Its waters are drained through the Whitemud River into the Peace River....

. It is 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the Town of Grimshaw

Grimshaw, Alberta

Grimshaw is a town in northern Alberta located west of the Town of Peace River at the junction of Highway 35, Highway 2, and bypass Highway 2A, and the Mackenzie Northern Railway...

 on Township Road 833A off Highway 35. The Town of Peace River

Peace River, Alberta

Peace River is a town in northwestern Alberta, Canada, situated along the banks of the Peace River, at its confluence with the Smoky River, the Heart River and Pat's Creek. It is located northwest of Edmonton, and northeast of Grande Prairie, along Highway 2. The Peace River townsite is nearly ...

 is 28 kilometers to the east.

Lac Cardinal Pioneer Village Museum

Lac Cardinal Pioneer Village Museum

The Lac Cardinal Pioneer Village Museum was developed by the Lac Cardinal Pioneer Museum Society which was founded in 1988. It is located within the Lac Cardinal Recreation Area and features four homes, a hall, municipal office, school, barn, pole sheds, church, blacksmith shop, railway station,...

, a living museum depicting the history of the region in the 1920s to 1940s is located in the recreation area.

Activities

The recreation area is equipped with fire pits, a playground area, a camp kitchen, outhouses, and 16 first-come-first-serve camping sites. The North Peace Stampede takes place on this venue every year in August. There is also a large hall that which can be rented from the Municipality.