The Coyote Lake ‘North-OC Parcel’ is detailed as not worth visiting due to limited access, lack of facilities, and poor trail maintenance.
The following are notes for the ‘North-OC Parcel’. Given that it is not worth going to, a post rather than a full page. Plus, a post let’s me bury nearly-lost rubber boot story.
A Coyote By Any Other Name. Mr. Wall, the lease holder for the Central-PNT and a local land owner, asks people to park at the oil field site south of RR 494 and the RR 44A access point. He indicated that the road is impassable, despite county improvement. Mr. Wall also re-counted the story behind Coyote Lake name. Apparently his father thought the previous name, Horseshoe Lake, was not an accurate description and that it looked more like a track of a coyote. Mr. Wall senior started calling it by this name and it stuck.
Have You Seen My Boot. Unfortunately, a flooded boot resulted in cutting the visit short. I did notice that there is a cut line running North from the South Boundary of the OC. I may have to go back… but wear snowshoes this time!
Any maps and map views are for general information only. Do not rely on them for navigation or to determine legal boundaries.
The Fast Facts
- Winter Challenge Category: NOT MUCH HERE.
- Not Worth Visiting
- No Washrooms.
- Not Kid Focused
Area Details
- Name/Owner: Provincial Order in Council.
- Is it Worth It and Why Go Here?: 1/5:
- Wayne Gretzky Units: 75 KM
- Trail Classification: Rating: 0; Access: Not Granted; Develop: Non-Human. ; Maint: No Human Interventions. ; Season: Two Seasons: There are no trails in the OC-Central parcel other than those accessible from the NCC-Parcel..
- The Drive Out: Beautiful country and see other Coyote Lake for suggestions such as Calmar Bakery.
- The Other Shoe: Non.
- Frank’s Trip Notes
- First done: 2024-11-06. Weather: Initially overcast and then clearing. Cool to start at 0C and then warming up to the high single digits, winds calm. Comments:
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A hiker looking North and pointing at a wet area on the East side of RR 44, in the Central-PNT, 2024-11-06, P. Potter. 
Sign greeting travellers on TWP 494, permission is suggested by contacting the ranch in advance, Coyote Lk North-OC, 2024-11-06, P. Potter. 
A permit tag posted on a tree at the terminus of RR 44A, Coyote Lk Central-PNT, 2024-11-06, P. Potter. 
A hiker makes her way South along the boundary of the OC and PNT, the thick black spruce in the OC on the left, Coyote Lk Central-PNT, 2024-11-06, P. Potter. 
Unfortunately, the end of the day’s adventures, a flooded and stuck rubber boot in the marsh area between the OC and PNT, Coyote Lk Central-PNT, 2024-11-06, P. Potter.
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YEG Ville 
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