This grazing, wildlife and provincial recreation area, whose approximate size is 16 km by 10 km, was established by Order-in-Council No. 533/87 on 7 August 1987. The name became official 23 September 1991. The name comes from the Blackfoot Indians (see Blackfoot Hills) and the nearby Cooking Lake (see Cooking Lake). Concurrence was established from the ministries of Recreation and Parks, Forestry, Lands and Wildlife and the Blackfoot Steering Committee. A request for transfer of this land was processed in February of 1987 from the Provincial Recreation Area, under the Provincial Parks Act.

Approximately 40 km east of Edmonton.