252 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 
GAME RESERVES IN ALBERTA 
In view of the fact that the Dominion Government has 
established national parks on a very extensive scale in Al- 
berta, the provincial government has not undertaken the 
establishment of game reserves on an extensive scale. 
In 1918, however, the Alberta government established as 
game reserves two of the Dominion Forest Reserves, namely, 
the Cooking Lake Forest Reserve and the Cypress Hills 
Forest Reserve. 
Cooking Lake Forest and Game Reserve.—This reserve is 
situated about twenty miles east of Edmonton. It covers 
an area of 95.5 square miles. Immediately north of and 
adjoining the reserve lies the Dominion Elk Island Park, so 
that the combined area of game reserve is about 112 square 
miles. The country included in this reserve is similar on 
the whole to that of the Elk Island Park. The land is gently 
rolling, the portion to the north of Tawayik Lake being a 
little more hilly than the region to the south. North of this 
lake there is a heavy growth of poplar, which forms excellent 
cover for deer and moose. To the south there is a large 
amount of open country, with occasional areas of aspen. 
Willows grow along the creeks and around the shores of the 
lakes, which are also bordered by considerable areas of hay 
meadow, forming excellent pasturage. The chief lakes are 
Tawayik Lake, Goose Lake, and Flying-shot Lake. All 
these lakes constitute good breeding and feeding places for 
wild fowl. 
Cypress Hills Forest and Game Reserve-—This reserve is 
situated about fifteen miles south of Maple Creek, Sask., 
and about twenty-five miles southeast of Medicine Hat. It 
is composed of several separate blocks; of the total area of 
178.5 square miles, 81 square miles lie in Alberta. It is 
situated on a high plateau with deep river valleys and steep 
slopes. The soil is sandy, and the reserve is partly covered 
