Lloydminster's Geography

Lloydminster is located in the Central Parkland Region on both the Saskatchewan and Alberta side. It is Canada's only "border city", with
the provincial border running through the centre of the city, creating a
truly unique municipality. Lloydminster is 251 km east of Edmonton, AB and 275 km west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on the Yellowhead Highway # 16.

 

This geographical region consists of of aspen woodlands, fescue grasslands, shrublands and wetlands on gently rolling landscape. This region comprises approximately 12 percent, or 37, 000 square kilometres, of Alberta's territory and is considered to be an ecotone, or area of transition, as it is a region in which the aspen groves are enveloped in a constant conflict with the grasslands for supremacy.

The aftermath of the Ice Age is particularly evident in the gently rolling blanket of moraines that overlay parts of this region - an effect that was caused by the stagnation and melting of the glaciers.

The vegetation of the aspen parkland with its associated animal life is divided into three Subregions - Central, Foothills and Peace River - which are separated on the basis of geographic location and major floristic differences.