Thunder Lake Campground Alberta Provincial Park.

Thunder Lake campground and Provincial Park is located approximately 140km north west of the City of Edmonton. There are a total of 127 sites with reservations available by calling 1-780-674-4051. This campground offers campsites for both tents and larger RV's, group camping, huge sandy beach, canoeing & kayaking, play grounds, picnic shelters, public phone, showers, water, power, fire wood, picnic tables, handicap sites, concession, sani dump, swimming areas, boat launch, water skiing, fish cleaning stations, ice fishing and wildlife watching. The camp sites are well treed and located in the surrounding Boreal Forest. Thunder Lake has good northern Pike and Yellow Perch fishing, you'll need a fishing license to try your luck. Thunder Lake campground is great for families with young children, the kids can spend hours at the beach and nearby playgrounds. Boaters will find a well designed easy to use boat launch and dock. Expect a lot of motor boats here during summer weekends. Thunder Lake has an approximate total surface area of 7.03km with an average depth of 3m, maximum depth of 6.1m. The lake turns green with algae during the summer months. Thunder Lake Provincial Park also attracts a large variety of migrating waterfowl and is a great place for birders. In the month of July I found several varieties of mushrooms growing throughout the entire campground. Thunder Lake was named after the load noise of ice cracking during the winter months. Night skies here rank # 4.5 on the Bortle Scale. This is bear country, food and food related items must be stored properly.  See the official web site link below for fees, opening and closing dates.