The Little Bow PP beach is located on Travers Reservoir approximately 20km South of the Town of Vulcan. The beach is great for kids as it is a horseshoe shape surrounded by trees and picnic tables. As this is a reservoir beach, the water levels and swimming area can vary widely throughout the year. As a result some visitors take to their boats at the nearby boat launch for water activities on the reservoir. Kids will like the abundance of sand and the playground nearby. There is a campground with 205 sites. This campground offers campsites for both tents and larger RV's, group camping, picnic shelters, public phone, snack bar, showers, water, fire wood, picnic tables, sani dump, boat launch, boat rentals, fish cleaning station, horseshoe pits and play grounds. Little Bow Campground is very popular and is often fully booked in the summer. Travers Reservoir was created from the nearby damming of the Bow River and offers good Pike and Walleye fishing. Throughout the Little Bow campground you'll see very large Balsam Poplar tress and may even see some 'Great Horned Owls'. Night skies here are good for star gazing, it ranks # 3 on the Bortle Scale. (Campground information courtesy of AlbertaWoW).

Little Bow Provincial Park is a recreation destination and campground park located south of the community of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada in the Southern Alberta Foothills region of the Canadian Badlands.

Alberta, Canada things to doVulcan, Alberta, Canada photo galleryThe 36 hectare (90 acre) park was first established in 1954 on the western shores of Travers Reservoir. The reservoir is a man-made lake created from dams on the Little Bow River in Southern Alberta.

Little Bow Provincial Park is one of the most popular and visited recreation destinations near Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. There is a sandy beach with picnic tables, fire pits, washrooms and a swimming area with a floating dock.

Nearby is a boat launch and a long floating pier available for launching activities like boating, canoeing, kayaking, water skiing , wind surfing and for fishing.

Little Bow Provincial Park is also a birdwatching destination for many. The park falls within the "McGregor Lake & Travers Reservoir Bird Area".

Birding includes waterfowl sightings like ducks, geese and white pelicans. There are song birds in the trees and predator birds like the peregrine falcon soaring in the sky high above.

During the winter months, after the snow has fallen and the lake has frozen over, the reservoir becomes a popular destination for ice fishing.

Photo Credit: Geoff Sowrey / Flickr

The description above was copied from or heavily based on Swim Guide, with permission.

More Information

• Swim Guide - Weather and water quality for Little Bow Provincial Park and 8,000 other beaches.