Village of Innisfree Take a well-deserved break from your travels along the Yellowhead Highway at Innisfree. Stretch your legs, enjoy some scenery, or explore the hidden village. The Village of Innisfree is roughly a 20-minute drive east of Vegreville. The spectacular Birch Lake, located just one kilometer south of Innisfree, is especially suitable for bird watching. While there, enjoy the day-use facilities for a picnic, or camp overnight. This beautiful, modern campground features over 50 sites (including pull-through and powered), a group camp with heated shelter and an attractive shower/administration building. The picturesque view from the viewpoint located just south of the highway is a welcome sight for travelers eager to get out and stretch their legs. Just a five-minute drive west of the viewpoint is a nature conservatory based on the spring-fed Wapasu Lake. It is developed as a multi-use public recreation day-use fa-
cility including swimming and a bed and breakfast facility. A five-minute drive west on Highway 16 is the Innisfree Fish and Game Trout Pond, stocked for your fishing enjoyment. On the north side of the highway, venture into our hidden village – Innisfree. Established in 1908, Innisfree’s history stems back to a visit by the President of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, who said that he would build a bank in the village if the name of the village would be changed from Delnorte Isle to Innisfree. The poem by Yeats, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” was his inspiration for our romantic name as nearby Birch Lake reminded the banker of his summer home in Ireland. As they say, the rest is history. You can visit the tourist information center in the historic old Bank of Commerce building on main street, or take in a meal or coffee in one of two café’s or simply absorb the pleasant company and well-kept appearance of the village.
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