Bison Lake Alberta Map

About Bison Lake, Alberta

Bison Lake is a locality in 35-94-14-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Bison Lake is located at 57.1883°N, 116.1364°W.

Bison Lake rests in the quiet shadow of the Buffalo Head Hills, a vast expanse where the earth holds its breath beneath an immense northern sky. It lies 94.9 km east-north-east of Manning, AB (from Manning, AB: bearing 71°T), and is situated 77.9 km east of Hawk Hills. The light here does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, turning the muskeg and dark timber into sharp, deliberate shapes that seem to wait for a wind that seldom arrives. Nearby, the Wolverine River carves a slow, deliberate path through the terrain, its presence marked by the low hum of water pulling at the roots of spruce and willow. Bison Lake sits in a stillness that feels heavy and absolute, as if the land itself were listening to the long, pale progression of the seasons. The history of Bison Lake remains tied to the hard, unyielding character of the northern bush, where life is defined by the necessity of resilience rather than the clamor of expansion. Industry in the vicinity follows the slow pulse of resource extraction and the cycles of the boreal forest, activities that demand an intimate knowledge of the frost and the thaw. People here move with a careful economy of motion, shaped by the isolation that defines their days and the knowledge that the wilderness is not a backdrop, but the primary actor. At dusk, the horizon pulls the cold down from the high ground, settling into the hollows until the air itself feels as solid and clear as glass.

About This Bison Lake Map Page

Explore Bison Lake, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 57.188333, -116.136389. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Bison Lake includes the postal code (T0H), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Bison Lake is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.