List of Alberta provincial parks

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Alberta's provincial parks are managed by the Alberta Government's Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture ministry whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta. The government has divided these natural areas into seven categories, provincial parks being one. These categories are:

• Ecological reserves
• Wilderness areas
• Wildland provincial parks
• Provincial parks
• Natural areas
• Heritage rangelands
• Provincial recreation areas

As of December 2005, the province of Alberta manages 69 provincial parks, 33 wildland provincial parks, 248 provincial recreation areas, 16 ecological reserves, 3 wilderness areas, 149 natural areas and a heritage rangeland. Although these areas are the responsibility of the Alberta government, private companies have been contracted to handle various aspects of the operation of many parks (e.g. maintenance and campground operation).

Five national parks (Banff , Elk Island, Jasper, Waterton Lakes and Wood Buffalo), managed by Parks Canada are also located in the province, bringing the total protected area throughout Alberta to approximately 90,000 km² (34,749.2 sq mi).

Five of Canada's thirteen World Heritage Sites are located in Alberta: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (partly in British Columbia), Dinosaur Provincial Park, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (partly in the USA) and Wood Buffalo National Park (partly in the Northwest Territories).

Contents 1 List of provincial parks 2 Other parks 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] List of provincial parks

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Park	Nearest Town	Established	Coordinates	website (ID)
Aspen Beach Provincial Park	Bentley	1932, November 21	52°27′28″N 113°58′39″W / 52.45778, -113.9775 (Aspen Beach Provincial Park)	1
Beauvais Lake Provincial Park	Pincher Creek	1954, February 01	49°24′39″N 114°06′33″W / 49.41083, -114.10917 (Beauvais Lake Provincial Park)	6
Big Hill Springs Provincial Park	Cochrane	1957, November 22	51°15′6″N 114°23′18″W / 51.25167, -114.38833 (Big Hill Springs Provincial Park)	12
Big Knife Provincial Park	Forestburg	1962, October 02	52°29′25″N 112°13′15″W / 52.49028, -112.22083 (Big Knife Provincial Park)	11
Bow Valley Provincial Park	Canmore	1959, July 27	51°04′5″N 115°02′47″W / 51.06806, -115.04639 (Bow Valley Provincial Park)	293
Bragg Creek Provincial Park	Bragg Creek	1960, January 19	50°56′30″N 114°35′14″W / 50.94167, -114.58722 (Bragg Creek Provincial Park)	324
Brown-Lowery Provincial Park	Turner Valley	1992, October 29	50°48′58″N 114°26′4″W / 50.81611, -114.43444 (Brown-Lowery Provincial Park)	16
Calling Lake Provincial Park	Athabasca	1971, July 20	55°10′51″N 113°14′40″W / 55.18083, -113.24444 (Calling Lake Provincial Park)	248
Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park	Canmore	1988	51°05′53″N 115°23′23″W / 51.09806, -115.38972 (Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park)	294
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park	Whitecourt	1982, May 19	54°18′16″N 115°38′30″W / 54.30444, -115.64167 (Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park)	247
Chain Lakes Provincial Park	Nanton	1969, December 23	50°12′24″N 114°11′47″W / 50.20667, -114.19639 (Chain Lakes Provincial Park)	19
Cold Lake Provincial Park	Cold Lake	1976, August 18	54°27′38″N 110°07′12″W / 54.46056, -110.12 (Cold Lake Provincial Park)	22
Crimson Lake Provincial Park	Rocky Mountain House	1955, November 22	52°27′0″N 115°01′60″W / 52.45, -115.03333 (Crimson Lake Provincial Park)	27
Cross Lake Provincial Park	Athabasca	1955, November 22	54°38′17″N 113°48′52″W / 54.63806, -113.81444 (Cross Lake Provincial Park)	28
Crow Lake Provincial Park	Fort McMurray		55°47′47″N 112°10′54″W / 55.79639, -112.18167 (Crow Lake Provincial Park)	574
Dillberry Lake Provincial Park	Provost	1957, January 08	52°35′47″N 110°04′51″W / 52.59639, -110.08083 (Dillberry Lake Provincial Park)	38
Dinosaur Provincial Park	Brooks	1955, June 27	50°45′44″N 111°31′5″W / 50.76222, -111.51806 (Dinosaur Provincial Park)	246
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park	Trochu	1970, December 15	51°56′10″N 112°57′41″W / 51.93611, -112.96139 (Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park)	39
Dunvegan Provincial Park	Fairview	1992, May 21	55°55′24″N 118°36′2″W / 55.92333, -118.60056 (Dunvegan Provincial Park)	40
Fish Creek Provincial Park	Calgary	1975, June 10	50°54′11″N 114°00′55″W / 50.90306, -114.01528 (Fish Creek Provincial Park)	45
Garner Lake Provincial Park	Vilna	1953, July 14	54°10′59″N 111°44′22″W / 54.18306, -111.73944 (Garner Lake Provincial Park)	49
Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park	Consort	1932, November 21	52°07′4″N 110°45′6″W / 52.11778, -110.75167 (Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park)	51
Greene Valley Provincial Park	Peace River		56°11′53″N 117°14′30″W / 56.19806, -117.24167 (Greene Valley Provincial Park)	147
Gregoire Lake Provincial Park	Fort McMurray	1969, October 21	56°28′23″N 111°11′55″W / 56.47306, -111.19861 (Gregoire Lake Provincial Park)	52
Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park	High Prairie	1978, October 24	55°29′57″N 116°01′10″W / 55.49917, -116.01944 (Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park)	3
Jarvis Bay Provincial Park	Sylvan Lake	1965, July 08	52°21′59″N 114°07′56″W / 52.36639, -114.13222 (Jarvis Bay Provincial Park)	61
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park	Brooks	1951, November 14	50°26′52″N 111°54′40″W / 50.44778, -111.91111 (Kinbrook Island Provincial Park)	65
Lakeland Provincial Park	Lac la Biche	1992, January 16	54°47′24″N 111°29′17″W / 54.79, -111.48806 (Lakeland Provincial Park)	280
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park	Slave Lake		55°25′3″N 114°48′39″W / 55.4175, -114.81083 (Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park)	68
Little Bow Provincial Park	Champion	1954, January 20	50°13′10″N 112°57′56″W / 50.21944, -112.96556 (Little Bow Provincial Park)	69
Little Fish Lake Provincial Park	Drumheller	1957, April 08	51°22′18″N 112°11′54″W / 51.37167, -112.19833 (Little Fish Lake Provincial Park)	71
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park	Edmonton	2005, April 19	53°36′22″N 113°40′41″W / 53.60611, -113.67806 (Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park)	437
Long Lake Provincial Park	Boyle	1957, March 25	54°25′32″N 112°45′26″W / 54.42556, -112.75722 (Long Lake Provincial Park)	72
Midland Provincial Park	Drumheller	1979, June 05	51°28′41″N 112°47′13″W / 51.47806, -112.78694 (Midland Provincial Park)	78
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park	Hay Lakes	1958, May 20	53°14′51″N 112°53′15″W / 53.2475, -112.8875 (Miquelon Lake Provincial Park)	81
Moonshine Lake Provincial Park	Rycroft	1959, April 21	55°55′31″N 119°13′51″W / 55.92528, -119.23083 (Moonshine Lake Provincial Park)	82
Moose Lake Provincial Park	Bonnyville	1967, April 19	54°15′50″N 110°55′55″W / 54.26389, -110.93194 (Moose Lake Provincial Park)	83
Notikewin Provincial Park	Manning	1979, November 20	57°17′19″N 117°09′3″W / 57.28861, -117.15083 (Notikewin Provincial Park)	87
Obed Lake Provincial Park	Edson		53°33′19″N 117°07′44″W / 53.55528, -117.12889 (Obed Lake Provincial Park)	203
O'Brien Provincial Park	Grande Prairie	1954, June 29	55°03′49″N 118°49′28″W / 55.06361, -118.82444 (O'Brien Provincial Park)	88
Park Lake Provincial Park	Lethbridge	1932, November 21	49°48′14″N 112°55′30″W / 49.80389, -112.925 (Park Lake Provincial Park)	143
Pembina River Provincial Park	Entwistle	1953, September 21	53°36′18″N 114°59′57″W / 53.605, -114.99917 (Pembina River Provincial Park)	92
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park	Kananaskis	1977, October 07	50°41′0″N 115°13′35″W / 50.68333, -115.22639 (Peter Lougheed Provincial Park)	307
Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park	Grande Cache		53°54′23″N 118°35′18″W / 53.90639, -118.58833 (Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park)	209
Pigeon Lake Provincial Park	Wetaskiwin	1967, May 26	53°01′35″N 114°08′4″W / 53.02639, -114.13444 (Pigeon Lake Provincial Park)	98
Police Outpost Provincial Park	Cardston	1970, April 21	49°00′22″N 113°27′32″W / 49.00611, -113.45889 (Police Outpost Provincial Park)	108
Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park	Grimshaw	1956, March 01	56°13′43″N 117°41′22″W / 56.22861, -117.68944 (Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park)	110
Ram Falls Provincial Park	Nordegg		52°05′21″N 115°50′11″W / 52.08917, -115.83639 (Ram Falls Provincial Park)	213
Red Lodge Provincial Park	Bowden	1951, May 07	51°56′38″N 114°16′11″W / 51.94389, -114.26972 (Red Lodge Provincial Park)	114
Rochon Sands Provincial Park	Stettler	1957, January 08	52°27′51″N 112°53′27″W / 52.46417, -112.89083 (Rochon Sands Provincial Park)	116
Rock Lake Provincial Park	Hinton		53°28′2″N 118°15′10″W / 53.46722, -118.25278 (Rock Lake Provincial Park)	215
Saskatoon Island Provincial Park	Wembley	1932, November 21	55°12′20″N 119°05′6″W / 55.20556, -119.085 (Saskatoon Island Provincial Park)	118
Sheep River Provincial Park	Turner Valley		50°38′49″N 114°38′43″W / 50.64694, -114.64528 (Sheep River Provincial Park)	330
Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park	Lac la Biche	1952, September 29	54°49′45″N 111°57′45″W / 54.82917, -111.9625 (Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park)	120
Spray Valley Provincial Park	Kananaskis	2000, December 01	50°50′14″N 115°14′48″W / 50.83722, -115.24667 (Spray Valley Provincial Park)	308
Strathcona Science Provincial Park	Edmonton	1979, December 12	53°33′39″N 113°23′2″W / 53.56083, -113.38389 (Strathcona Science Provincial Park)	123
Sundance Provincial Park	Edson	1999, April 28	53°38′29″N 116°52′47″W / 53.64139, -116.87972 (Sundance Provincial Park)	142
Sylvan Lake Provincial Park	Sylvan Lake	1980, January 16	52°20′43″N 114°10′11″W / 52.34528, -114.16972 (Sylvan Lake Provincial Park)	125
Thunder Lake Provincial Park	Barrhead	1958, January 28	54°07′59″N 114°43′57″W / 54.13306, -114.7325 (Thunder Lake Provincial Park)	137
Tillebrook Provincial Park	Tilley	1965, July 20	50°32′16″N 111°48′30″W / 50.53778, -111.80833 (Tillebrook Provincial Park)	138
Two Lakes Provincial Park	Grande Prairie		54°22′22″N 119°45′31″W / 54.37278, -119.75861 (Two Lakes Provincial Park)	222
Vermilion Provincial Park	Vermilion	1953, May 29	53°21′53″N 110°52′55″W / 53.36472, -110.88194 (Vermilion Provincial Park)	152
Wabamun Lake Provincial Park	Wabamun		53°33′58″N 114°27′16″W / 53.56611, -114.45444 (Wabamun Lake Provincial Park)	154
Whitney Lakes Provincial Park	Elk Point	1982, June 23	53°49′48″N 110°29′48″W / 53.83, -110.49667 (Whitney Lakes Provincial Park)	158
William A. Switzer Provincial Park	Hinton	1958, December 22	53°32′34″N 117°48′20″W / 53.54278, -117.80556 (William A. Switzer Provincial Park)	159
Williamson Provincial Park	Valleyview	1960, November 07	55°04′52″N 117°33′26″W / 55.08111, -117.55722 (Williamson Provincial Park)	165
Willow Creek Provincial Park	Stavely	1957, December 10	50°06′54″N 113°46′14″W / 50.115, -113.77056 (Willow Creek Provincial Park)	167
Winagami Lake Provincial Park	Donnelly	1956, November 13	55°37′45″N 116°40′41″W / 55.62917, -116.67806 (Winagami Lake Provincial Park)	169
Woolford Provincial Park	Cardston		49°10′33″N 113°11′20″W / 49.17583, -113.18889 (Woolford Provincial Park)	173
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park	Coutts	1957, January 08	49°04′49″N 111°38′21″W / 49.08028, -111.63917 (Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park)	177
Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park	Strathmore	1979, May 02	50°49′47″N 113°26′59″W / 50.82972, -113.44972 (Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park)	178
Young's Point Provincial Park	Valleyview	1971, August 03	55°07′3″N 117°33′29″W / 55.1175, -117.55806 (Young's Point Provincial Park)	180

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[edit] Other parks

• Caribou Mountains Wildland Park (wildland)
• Chinchaga Wildland Park (wildland)
• Kananaskis Country (not a park but a provincially run tract of land containing several parks)
• Willmore Wilderness Park (wilderness area)

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian provincial parks
• List of National Parks of Canada
• Buffalo National Park (delisted national park)

[edit] External links

• About Alberta's Parks
• Alberta Parks -list of provincial parks
• Alberta Community Development - Parks and Protected Areas Land Reference Manual

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