The old logging road continues straight but South Mirror Lake Trail, now a true foot path, veers to north and at Mile 1.8 climbs to 1,650 feet, crosses the ridge and then descends to the Little Carp River. South Mirror Lake Trail continues north as a forest road descending gently until it bottoms out at small stream at Mile 2 where nearby is a bench. The view from the peak is nice, but it is a steep, 240-foot climb to the top from here. Eventually the trail descends the ridge and quickly arrives at a posted junction with the Summit Peak Trail at Mile 1.5. At 1,958 feet, Summit Peak is the highest point in the park and third highest in the state. At this point the trail begins to skirt the Summit Peak ridge. You climb more than 200 feet from the trailhead, topping off at 1,730 feet within a half mile. The trail departs north from here as a forest road that is used off-season by the staff as a service drive into the heart of the park. If the parking area is full, a larger one for overflow is located at the beginning of the road.
The ship is seen to embody the adventurous pioneer spirit and Scandinavian heritage of both the community and the university.For a map or complete description to all the trails order Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park: A Backcountry Guide for Hikers, Backpackers, Campers & Winter Visitors by Jim DuFresne from the eshop:Ī trailhead with limited parking is located a little more than a mile up Summit Peak Road. In crafting the ship, Straumsnes, a master ship builder from Norway, used the same building techniques that the Vikings employed centuries ago. The keep section is made of oak, the gunwales are pine, the ribs are fir, and the benches are spruce. The replica measures 27 feet x 7 feet is slightly less than half the size of a real longship. Scandinavians settled the district just after the turn of the century, and founded Augustana in Camrose in 1910. A gift to the City from the Augustana University College (now University of Alberta Augustana Campus), the vessel was built in celebration of the school’s 75th anniversary in 1985. It is a replica of the well-known longship which carried the Vikings on their raids, and bore Lief Eriksson to North America in about the year 1000. Inside the Visitor Information Centre, a Viking Longship sits as the centrepiece. This outstanding example of artistic carving of the nature mural shows off the skill necessary for tooling the mortar joints to suit the carving. The Mirror Lake Red brick was constructed and then carved in Medicine Hat Alberta, trucked to Camrose and then reassembled on site. It is constructed from a special over sized clay red brick developed specifically for this project. The brick wall sculpture attached to the centre is a masterpiece by Jim Marshall, and depicts the plants and wildlife native to this area. The Red Brick Wall – Bill Fowler Nature Mural
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The facility houses a series of interpretive panels outlining features of the urban park and some historical highlights of the city. Bill Fowler Visitor Information Centre:Įarly in the planning of the urban park, the Chamber of Commerce became a partner of the city in the planning and development of the Bill Fowler Visitor Information Centre. Distance of the Mirror Lake Loop 2.2 km Walking time 32 minutes.
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The park is always full of people of all ages busy enjoying themselves in all kinds of weather.
The area contains a children’s playground surrounded by several picnic tables, washroom facilities, a seasonal ice cream castle, and is the starting point of the paved walking trail (3 km) around the lake. The Bill Fowler Visitor Information Centre was built in the heart of the park, adjacent to Mirror Lake which was already the site of numerous summer and winter activities. Between 19 Mirror Lake provided the town with water that was previously supplied by wells. The lake was also used to supply water for the town-owned coal-fired power plant which began operation in 1911. The lake was created in 1905 by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) as a water reservoir for the steam locomotives passing through Camrose.
Mirror Lake is a cultural landscape comprised of an artificial lake and surrounding park area which was created in 1905. An early objective of the Camrose Urban Parks Committee was to ensure that the urban park development would provide a year-round facility.
Camrose takes pride in our exceptional surroundings and extensive natural outdoor spaces and trails right in the centre of the city.
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