Store · Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Groceries, campground basics, rentals and ice cream in one stop.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Peter Lougheed Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Boulton Creek: Trading Post and Creekside Break“Boulton Creek Trading Post is coming up, a useful stop for ice cream, baked goods, or a few forgotten camping supplies. It's inside the campground, but visitors can use the shop too.”
Plays as you drive up to Boulton Creek Trading Post in the Parkwolf Peter Lougheed Tour Guide.
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Boulton Creek Trading Post is the camp store inside Boulton Creek Campground in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Campers register here before heading to their site, and other park visitors can use it for basic groceries and outdoor supplies. Think of it as a top-up rather than a full grocery shop.
The store lists basic groceries, camping and fishing supplies, equipment rentals and ice cream. Firewood is sold here, and you can buy shower tokens for the campground showers. The current rental mix and any food beyond ice cream aren't clear, so bring anything essential you can't substitute.
Boulton Creek Campground is about 50 km south of Highway 1, via Highway 40 and Kananaskis Lakes Trail. The shop is part of the campground rather than a roadside store, so it's most useful when you're visiting the lakes area or camping at Boulton Creek.
Wildlife
132 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
17 sightingsCanada LynxMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
30 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
69 sightingsMooseMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
176 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
19 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 8 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Peter Lougheed. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModerateLookout Trail12.1 km · 4.5 hr · At the trailheadA forest approach reaches a steep climb and panoramic fire lookout.
ModerateWhiskey Jack Trail3.9 km · 1.3 hr · At the trailheadA steep one-way climb links Boulton with the Lookout and Pocaterra trails.
EasyTorpor Loop6.1 km · 2 hr · 0.2 km awayA winter loop linking mountain views, a lakeside path and camp loops.
ModerateFrozen Toad Loop Snowshoe Trail8.1 km · 2.3 hr · 0.4 km awaySnowshoe through forest, frozen wetlands, and along Marl Lake.
ChallengingFrozen Lake via Elk Pass14 km · 6 hr · 1.9 km awayAn alpine lake beneath Mount Fox, reached beyond the maintained pass trail.
ChallengingGreat Divide Trail: Elk Pass to North Kananaskis Pass22.1 km · 10 hr · 1.9 km awayA long lakeshore approach climbs through Turbine Canyon to a high pass.
ChallengingBlueberry Hill Trail6.9 km · 3 hr · 1.9 km awayA steep snowshoe climb to views over two mountain lakes.
ModerateElk Pass Trail11.2 km · 3.5 hr · 1.9 km awayA gradual old road climbs to a meadow at West Elk Pass.
Picnic area · 0.2 km awayBoulton Bridge Day Use AreaA creekside picnic stop with an almost 5 km trail nearby
Campground · 0.6 km awayBoulton Creek CampgroundA wooded base camp with walk-in tents and full RV hookups.
Campground · 0.7 km awayLower Lake Group CampgroundA shared shelter and room for up to 15 camping units.
Campground · 0.8 km awayLower Lake CampgroundWooded camping near the lakes; check water and site details.
Picnic area · 0.9 km awayLower Lake Day Use AreaA winter picnic with mountain views across Lower Kananaskis Lake.
Campground · 1.8 km awayInterlakes CampgroundAn unserviced campground with a hand launch on Lower Kananaskis Lake.
Campground · 2.1 km awayMount Sarrail Walk-in Tenting CampgroundA 44-site, tent-only camp near Kananaskis Lakes.
Sight · 2.1 km awayPanorama Day Use AreaA quick Lower Lake view framed by the Wintour Range.Parkwolf’s Peter Lougheed ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
