When Critchley and his family arrived, he was disappointed with the surrounding areas lack of houses of similar elegance, and subsequently left and travelled back to England in 1898.

[3] Due to requests for proper swimming facilities made by the committee, a dam was built on the Little Red Deer River, raising the water levels in the park.

This dam ended up being damaged and destroyed multiple times in the following years, and as a result, Alberta Parks dismantled it.

[4] Due to the Little Red Deer's frequent flooding, the park has been evacuated and closed multiple times.

[5][6] Popular activities in the park include tubing, swimming, fishing, camping, hiking, picnicking, kayaking, canoeing, geocaching, horseshoes, and birdwatching.

[8] Other common animals in the park include American red squirrel, Snowshoe hare, Western toad, Wood frog, River jewelwing, and Boreal snaketail.