List of Alberta provincial parks
Encyclopedia : L : LI : LIS : List of Alberta provincial parks
| Alberta Parks | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Type | Number | Area (km²) |
| Provincial Parks | 69 | 2,124 |
| Wildland Provincial Parks | 33 | 21,926 |
| Provincial Recreation Areas | 248 | 805 |
| Ecological Reserves | 16 | 294 |
| Wilderness Areas | 3 | 1,010 |
| Natural Areas | 149 | 1,324 |
| Heritage Rangelands | 1 | 78 |
| National Parks | 5 | 63,045 |
| Total | 524 | 90,606 |
This is a partial list of provincial parks in Alberta.
Alberta's provincial parks are managed by the Alberta Government's Community Development ministry whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes. 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
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.
| : | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z – Top of page – See also – External links |
|---|
A
B
- Beauvais Lake Provincial Park
- Big Hill Springs Provincial Park
- Big Knife Provincial Park
- Bow Valley Provincial Park
C
- Calling Lake Provincial Park
- Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park
- Chain Lakes Provincial Park
- Cold Lake Provincial Park
- Crimson Lake Provincial Park
- Cross Lake Provincial Park
- Cypress Hills Provincial Park
D
- Dilberry Lake Provincial Park
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Dry Island Provincial Park
- Dunvegan Provincial Park
E
F
G
- Garner Lake Provincial Park
- Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park
- Gregoire Lake Provincial Park
- Greene Valley Provincial Park
H
I
J
K
L
- Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park
- Lakeland Provincial Park
- Little Bow Provincial Park
- Little Fish Lake Provincial Park
- Long Lake Provincial Park
M
N
O
P
- Park Lake Provincial Park
- Pembina River Provincial Park
- Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
- Pigeon Lake Provincial Park
- Police Outpost Provincial Park
Q
R
S
- Saskatoon Island Provincial Park
- Sheep River Provincial Park
- Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park
- Sundance Provincial Park
T
U
V
W
- Wabamun Provincial Park
- Whitney Lakes Provincial Park
- William A. Switzer Provincial Park
- Williamson Provincial Park
- Willow Creek Provincial Park
- Winnigami Lake Provincial Park
- Wolf Lake Provincial Park
- Woolford Provincial Park
- Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
X
Y
Z
See also
External links
- [About Alberta's Parks]
- [Alberta Parks -list of provincial parks]
- [Alberta Community Development - Parks and Protected Areas Land Reference Manual]
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.