Kimiwan Bird Walk

<body background="_themes/kimiwan/bkgnd.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#993333" vlink="#333399" alink="#006633"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"></font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1" height="43"> <tr> <td width="5" height="22"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="81%" height="22"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5" height="20"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="81%" height="20"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: -20"><b><span lang="EN-US"> <font size="5" color="#336633">Kimiwan Lake</font></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2"> <img border="0" src="http://www.kimiwanbirdwalk.com/images/kimiwan_1.jpg" alt="Kimiwan Birdwalk" align="left" width="100" height="146"></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">Kimiwan Lake, located at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.inetnorth.net/org/mclennan/mclennan.htm">McLennan</a>, Alberta, Canada is an internationally recognized wetland which has tremendous wildlife values, particularly for waterfowl and shorebirds. </font> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">The importance of the lake is recognized by several designations </font> </span><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US"> including: Globally </span></font><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">Significant Important Bird Area, candidate provincial Natural Area, Migratory Bird Sanctuary and the most northern site in Alberta nominated under the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. </font> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: -20"> <img border="0" src="http://www.kimiwanbirdwalk.com/images/kimiwanlakenaturalists.gif" alt="Kimiwan Lake Naturalists" width="250" height="40"></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2"> <img border="0" src="http://www.kimiwanbirdwalk.com/images/kimiwan_2.jpg" align="right" alt="Kimiwan Birdwalk" width="100" height="148">The </font></span> <font size="2">Kimiwan Lake Naturalists</font><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2"> are a not-for-profit society (# 503224875) which strives to maintain the multiple values of Kimiwan Lake through education and interpretation, research and habitat enhancement activities. The Society operates an Interpretive Centre and extensive Birdwalk, located on the south shore of the lake. </font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">The Interpretive Centre is fully operational and staffed with interpreters from May until September. Since 1993, the Interpretive Centre has received over 30,000 visitors! Activities which will benefit children are a high priority for us.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: -20"><b><span lang="EN-US"> <font size="5" color="#336633">Interpretive Centre</font></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">The pride of the Kimiwan Lake Naturalists is the <a target="main" href="http://www.kimiwanbirdwalk.com/info.htm">Interpretive Centre</a> located along Highway #2 on the south side of the lake. The Centre, which opened in 1992 is staffed from May until September. The Centre provides the starting point for an exciting and rewarding birding experience!</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">Recent upgrades to the Centre include the addition of a bird migration display, a computer station complete with public access to birding CD-ROMs and the Web and a unique herbarium collection of local flora.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> <img border="0" src="http://www.kimiwanbirdwalk.com/images/kimiwan_3.jpg" alt="Forgot Binoculars? We have them!" width="187" height="100"></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">Forgot your binoculars? We’ve got a pair for you to borrow! Want to plan the next leg of your birding trip? Log on the computer and access the links to other great Alberta birding destinations. </font> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">We invite you to log your bird sightings in the Centre and chat with the staff about additional birding and other tourism opportunities in the area.</font></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">Before you leave, be sure to pick up a special souvenir of Kimiwan Lake. We have a selection of unique gifts including bird feeders and nest boxes, guide books, hats and shirts, post cards and even hand-carved wood feather pins!</font></span></p> <p> <MARQUEE direction=left> <img border="0" src="images/goose.gif" alt="Canada Goose" width="150" height="127"> </MARQUEE></p> <p align="center"><img src="_themes/kimiwan/anarule.gif" width="600" height="10"></p> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5" height="20"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="81%" height="20"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align="center"> <font color="#336600"> <img border="0" src="http://www.kimiwanbirdwalk.com/images/kimiwanlakenaturalists.gif" alt="kimiwanlakenaturalists" width="250" height="40"><br> Box 606<br> McLennan, Alberta   T0H 2L0<br> Canada<br> Phone: 780-324-2004</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2">For additional information:<br> <a href="mailto:info@kimiwanbirdwalk.com?subject=Info: Kimiwan Lake and the Birdwalk">info@kimiwanbirdwalk.com</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2">For comments on the website:<br> <a href="mailto:webmaster@kimiwanbirdwalk.com?subject=WebMaster: Kimiwan Lake Naturalists">webmaster@kimiwanbirdwalk.com</a></font></p> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5" height="20"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> <td width="81%" height="20"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">The Kimiwan Birdwalk website uses Frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <p align="center">To view the rest of the website, upgrade your <br> browser to the latest version to include Frames support.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp"> <img border="0" src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Andrew/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/kimiwanbirdwalk/images/bnrie.gif" width="250" height="60"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> </font></td> </tr> </table><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica">