Editing Lesser Slave Lake (section)

== Conservation and development ==
[[File:Alberta rivers.png|left|thumb|Lesser Slave Lake in the Center of Alberta]]
[[File:Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta photograph.jpg|thumb|left|Lesser Slave Lake at Canyon Creek]]
[[File:View of Slave Lake Shoreline.png|thumb|Slave Lake shoreline]]
Due to its location on a major [[Central Flyway|fly-way for migrating birds]], Lesser Slave Lake is popular with [[birder]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lslbo.org/home.asp|title=Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory|access-date=2007-05-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421212851/http://lslbo.org/home.asp|archive-date= 2007-04-21}}</ref> The nearby [[Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park]] has lakeside camping facilities located along sand beaches, with some rocky beaches as well. Fishing is popular and legal. The entire north shore of the lake is protected, other reserves being [[Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park]], ''Lesser Slave Lake Wildland'' and ''Grouard Trail Park Reserve''.

[[Alberta Highway 2|Highway 2]] and the [[Canadian National Railway]] follow the southern shore of the lake, and the [[Alberta Highway 88|Bicentennial Highway]] has its southernmost point at eastern end of the lake.

A number of [[Indian reserves]] are established at the shores of the lake:
*Kapawe'no First Nations Lands 150, 230 and 231 of the [[Kapawe'no First Nation]], 
*Sucker Creek 150a of the [[Sucker Creek Cree First Nation]]
*Drift Pile River 150 of the [[Driftpile First Nation]]
*Swan River 150e of the [[Swan River First Nation]] 
*Sawridge 150g and h [[Sawridge Band]]