Buttle Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park. Will J. Reid family collection
A Canadian Pacific floatplane at the dock at Buttle Lake for a chartered trip. Will J. Reid family collection
The landscape after logging at the edge of Buttle Lake in the late 1930s. Credit: Will J. Reid family collection
Picnickers on the flats near Myra Falls. Credit: Will J. Reid family collection
Elk River Timber train tracks at Buttle Narrows. Credit: Will J. Reid family collection
Author Catherine Gilbert.
Book cover: A Journey Back to Nature, A history of Strathcona Provincial Park, by Catherine Marie Gilbert Strathcona Provincial Park, established in 1911, has not always been the serene and majestic wilderness area it is known as today. Current visitors might not be aware that mining and logging still took place in the park well into the 1980s.