Peatlands are important components of the global carbon cycle, but in boreal regions of Alberta they are at risk of being disturbed for resource extraction and development. This highlights the importance of effectively restoring disturbed areas to continue to sequester carbon. Swamps are peatlands that are easily mistaken as other peatland types or uplands due to their large range of conditions and may be more common across Canada than previously believed. However, they are disproportionately under-researched compared to other peatlands, resulting in lack of data to inform restoration and carbon accounting efforts. This research aims to clarify swamp characteristics in the Peace River, Slave Lake and Fort McMurray regions from ecological, hydrological and carbon perspectives. Baseline hydrologic conditions were measured over a year starting in fall 2024 and in summer 2025 a sampling campaign was completed using modified methods from Canada’s National Forest Inventory ground sampling guidelines. This included vegetation and tree surveys as well as a survey of peat depths and collection of peat cores for analysis in both treed and non-treed swamps. Most swamps had deep peat layers with 11 of 12 swamp sites having over 40 cm of peat. Tree heights ranged from 1.5 m – 30 m and accounted for a majority of the above-ground biomass. Ultimately, the goal of this research is to produce a dataset to be able to inform reclamation and carbon accounting in Canada’s boreal regions and fill the knowledge gap on the range of characteristics swamps can cover in these areas.