Pearce Estate Park



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Calgary


Park Size: 21 hectares
Trail Length: 4 km 2.48 miles

Difficulty: Easy - Family
Park Amenities:
Birding
Canoeing
X Country Skiing
Dog Walking
Fishing
Hiking
Interpretive Centre
Interpretive Signs
Jogging
Picnicking
Playground
Walking
Washrooms
Wildlife Watching


Explore and be guided through a tranquil wetland in the middle of the city of Calgary at Pearce Estate Park. A signed interpretive trail guides you through a wetland filled with native plants and animals. The signs along the way tell how the wetland came to be and describes the wildlife seen around you.

Birds and other animals call this forest home, such as the White-breasted Nuthatch and Gray Catbird are very common. Because some of the Balsam Poplars, which many people call Black Cottonwoods, are old, they have many cavities. These attract cavity-nesting birds such as Tree Swallows, Northern Flickers and Common Goldeneye.

Numerous species of waterbirds, including American Coots, are found in the ponds in Pearce Estate Park. Dabbling ducks feed on the many species of invertebrates such as Water Boatman, Diving Beetles and Midges.

In the summer you can fish for Trout in the catch and release Pond (no bait allowed) and in the winter rent some snowshoes to hike the trails.

 

Address:

Pearce Estate Park
1440 17A St. S.E.
Calgary
Canada

How To Get ToPearce Estate Park

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Deerfoot Trail/AB-2 to 17 Ave SE. Take exit 254 from Deerfoot Trail/AB-2 Follow 17 Ave SE to 17a St SE Merge onto 17 Ave SE
600 m
Turn right onto 17a St SE
76 m
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on 17a St SE
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