Miquelon Lake Provincial Park — Attraction in Alberta

We do like Miquelon Lake campground. Every year we are able to book side by side pull through lots for us and our in laws. It's so close to Edmonton (about fourty minutes) that we can also invite other friends and family to come visit. Check in is easy. The pull through lots are a dream, especially if you hate backing in a trailer.

It's never been too busy when we've been there. The bathrooms are clean. There's two shower buildings both of which are never busy and very clean. The lake itself is terrible, so don't expect a great beach day and definitely don't swim in it. Playgrounds are nice. Dogs and kids o' plenty. Heavily treed lots so you get a good amount of privacy.

The store at the main entrance has most of the basics. There's a strong Rogers cell signal however our guests with Bell and Koodo (Telus) were not able to get a signal from our campsite. There were some rowdies one night making quite a bit of noise after 12pm and management was nowhere to be seen so other guests had to basically just yell at them to shut up which eventually they did. That was the only negative thing we encountered.

So for a close to Edmonton campsite that still feels like you're well out of town, a place where you don't care about beach or swimming, this is a great...

Spent a scorching weekend at this campground in loop C. Excellent campground for young families, lots of easy trails around for biking, walking etc. Playgrounds everywhere, lots of washrooms too. Shower buildings were closed due to Covid, so can't comment on that.

This campground seems to have been built for much larger crowds, probably when the lake was useable. It felt like we had lots of space anywhere we went, even though the campground itself looked 90% full.

I hiked most of the marked trails, and found them very enjoyable. Some were manicured (could probably push a stroller over them, lots of up and down though). Others (in the 'back country' section) started off clean cut and got a little scruffier as you went on. It was always easy to tell where the trail was. Most of the attached photos are from these trails.

I had planned to do some canoeing here, but opted not to. Wide flat water, not a ton of wind. I didn't see any great places to launch (even the old boat launch looked bad). It's easy access to the shore, but it looked like you'd need to wade out some before a canoe would float.

Finally, most firepits seemed to have a grate, but ours did not. Be prepared for that. There was also no potable water there this weekend, but they...

This was our second trip to Miquelon Lake. There were definitely some differences due to the pandemic situation, which is understandable. The washrooms and shower houses were all closed, and the visitor center had specific hours and practices. The grounds however were still maintained (mowed etc) which was nice. We enjoy the walking trails that are situated all over the area. This time we stuck to the paved trails, and our children used the parking lot for rollerblading and skateboarding. We will be back next year. The only thing that we were disappointed with that I gave four stars instead of five is that despite the limited services, the fees remained the same. I have no issue with necessary restrictions or changes, but I do not agree with charging a full fee when restrictions...