Black Rock Lookout
CAN 3, AB 3
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | CAN 3, AB 3 (view other lookouts in Canada, Alberta) |
| Date Registered | June 5, 1996 |
| Nominated by | Bob Young, Alberta Land and Forest Service |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates |
N 51° 20.161' W 115° 10.041' (view using Google Maps) N 51° 20' 10" W 115° 10' 02" N 51.336015° W 115.167342° |
| Elevation | 7,925 ft (2,416 m) |
| Administered by | Environmental Protection, Land & Forest Service |
| Cooperators | Bow Ranger District, and the Friends of the Eastern Slopes |
Description
Dramatically located against the vertical escarpment of the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary, Black Rock Lookout is a 10’x 10’ ground house constructed by the Canadian Forest Service in the late 1920s and staffed by provincial rangers. Always difficult to service -- it was a three-day trip by packhorse to bring in supplies -- the lookout was abandoned in the 1950s when part of the trail fell away. In 1995 the “Friends of the Eastern Slope” reshingled the cabin and a Junior Forest Ranger crew reconstructed the trail
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