Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park near Edmonton is one of Alberta's critical wildlife habitats

Just northwest of Edmonton, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park spans more than 1,100 hectares of wetlands, walking trails, and is considered one of Alberta's most important wildlife habitats.

The park surrounds Big Lake, a shallow 8-kilometre lake that makes up nearly 60 per cent of the park's area and is one of the 20 most important wildlife habitat areas in Alberta. More than 235 bird species have been recorded at the park, including Trumpeter Swans, Peregrine Falcons, owls, Bald Eagles, and massive fall gatherings of Tundra Swans and pelicans, where as many as 20,000 birds can stop here at once. The lake is also home to one of only three bird-foot deltas in Alberta.

The area was designated a provincial park on Earth Day in 2005, Alberta's centennial year, and named after the late Lois Hole, Alberta's Lieutenant Governor from 2000 until her death in December 2005. Hole was known as the "Queen of Hugs" for breaking protocol to embrace people she met, and was a champion of education, community, and the province's green spaces.

Access to the park parking lot is available at the intersection of Ray Gibbon Drive and LeClair Way. A network of trails connects from Rotary Park in Riel Recreation Park, winding along the Red Willow Trail System toward the lake and wetlands. A wheelchair-accessible viewing platform, rebuilt in 2020, offers binoculars for birdwatching. The surrounding wetlands are home to moose, deer, beaver, coyotes, and occasional porcupines, while the lake itself contains northern pike, walleye, goldeye, and white sucker.