This is a list of protected areas of Alberta . Protected areas are managed by the Government of Canada or the Government of Alberta . The provincial government owns 60% of Alberta's landmass[1] 90,700 km 2 (35,000 sq mi) .
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Alberta Parks
Location and extent of parks in Alberta
Type Number Area km2
Provincial Parks 76 2,214 km 2 (855 sq mi)
Wildland Provincial Parks 31 17,314 km 2 (6,685 sq mi)
Provincial Recreation Areas 208 899 km 2 (347 sq mi)
Wilderness Areas 3 1,010 km 2 (390 sq mi)
Ecological Reserves 15 268 km 2 (103 sq mi)
Natural Areas 139 1,299 km 2 (502 sq mi)
Heritage Rangelands 2 120 km 2 (46 sq mi)
National Parks 5 63,045 km 2 (24,342 sq mi)
Total 476 90,747 km 2 (35,038 sq mi)
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Dinosaur Provincial Park Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park Fish Creek Provincial Park Greene Valley Provincial Park Little Fish Lake Provincial Park Lakeland Provincial Park Pembina River Provincial Park Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Pigeon Lake Provincial Park Spray Valley Provincial Park Williamson Provincial Park Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Six of Canada's 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are entirely or partially located in Alberta :
Alberta also contains the following UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
Five National Parks of Canada (Banff , Elk Island , Jasper , Waterton Lakes and Wood Buffalo ), managed by Parks Canada are located in the province. Several former national parks (such Buffalo National Park , Wawaskesy National Park , and Nemiskam National Park ) formerly existed in Alberta , but were delisted in 1947.
There are several National Historic Sites of Canada in Alberta, but only two are operated by Parks Canada: Rocky Mountain House , which features an indoor interpretation centre and year-round in-person interpretation, and Frog Lake which has only outdoor interpretive panels to mark the site.
Alberta is also home to Suffield National Wildlife Area , a protected area within the military reserve at CFB Suffield .
There are several different departments and agencies that deal with land use in Alberta, however Alberta's provincial parks are managed by Alberta Parks , which since 2022 is part of the Ministry of Forestry, Parks and Tourism [2] Alberta , as well as the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas . Seven categories of protection exist, provincial parks being one. These categories are:
As of 2016 [ update] Alberta managed 76 provincial parks, 32 wildland provincial parks, 208 provincial recreation areas, 15 ecological reserves, 3 wilderness areas, 139 natural areas and 2 heritage rangeland.[3] Alberta government, private companies have been contracted to handle various aspects of the operation of many parks (e.g. maintenance and campground operation).
List of wilderness areas
Wilderness areas have the strictest level of protection, no development of any kind is permitted, and travel is only permitted by foot.[4]
List of provincial parks
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Antelope Hill Provincial Park Hanna 2014, 4 December[5] 51.722°N 111.937°W / 51.722; -111.937 (Antelope Hill Provincial Park )
Aspen Beach Provincial Park Bentley 1932, 21 November 52°27′28″N 113°58′39″W 1
Beauvais Lake Provincial Park Pincher Creek 1954, 1 February 49°24′39″N 114°06′33″W 6
Big Hill Springs Provincial Park Cochrane 1957, 22 November 51°15′6″N 114°23′18″W 12
Big Island Provincial Park Edmonton 2023, February 53°26′26″N 113°38′45″W
Big Knife Provincial Park Forestburg 1962, 2 October 52°29′25″N 112°13′15″W 11
Bow Valley Provincial Park Canmore 1959, 27 July 51°04′5″N 115°02′47″W 293
Bragg Creek Provincial Park Bragg Creek 1960, 19 January 50°56′30″N 114°35′14″W 324
Brown-Lowery Provincial Park Turner Valley 1992, 29 October 50°48′58″N 114°26′4″W 16
Calling Lake Provincial Park Athabasca 1971, 20 July 55°10′51″N 113°14′40″W 248
Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park Canmore 1988 51°05′53″N 115°23′23″W 294
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park Whitecourt 1982, 19 May 54°18′16″N 115°38′30″W 247
Castle Provincial Park Crowsnest Pass 2017, 17 February[6] 49.444°N 114.117°W / 49.444; -114.117 (Castle Provincial Park )
Chain Lakes Provincial Park Nanton 1969, 23 December 50°12′24″N 114°11′47″W 19
Cold Lake Provincial Park Cold Lake 1976, 18 August 54°27′38″N 110°07′12″W 22
Crimson Lake Provincial Park Rocky Mountain House 1955, 22 November 52°27′0″N 115°2′0″W 27
Cross Lake Provincial Park Athabasca 1955, 22 November 54°38′17″N 113°48′52″W 28
Crow Lake Provincial Park Fort McMurray 55°47′47″N 112°10′54″W 574
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Medicine Hat 49°34′31″N 110°00′23″W 29
Dillberry Lake Provincial Park Provost 1957, 8 January 52°35′47″N 110°04′51″W 38
Dinosaur Provincial Park Brooks 1955, 27 June 50°45′44″N 111°31′5″W 246
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park Trochu 1970, 15 December 51°56′10″N 112°57′41″W 39
Dunvegan Provincial Park Fairview 1992, 21 May 55°55′24″N 118°36′2″W 40
Eagle Point Provincial Park Drayton Valley 2007, 29 August 53°14′40″N 114°52′28″W 589
Fish Creek Provincial Park Calgary 1975, 10 June 50°54′11″N 114°00′55″W 45
Garner Lake Provincial Park Vilna 1953, 14 July 54°10′59″N 111°44′22″W 49
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park Calgary Cochrane 2008, 17 April 51°10′1″N 114°23′34″W 593
Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park Consort 1932, 21 November 52°07′4″N 110°45′6″W 51
Greene Valley Provincial Park Peace River 2000, 6 June 56°11′53″N 117°14′30″W 147
Gregoire Lake Provincial Park Fort McMurray 1969, 21 October 56°28′23″N 111°11′55″W 52
Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park High Prairie 1978, 24 October 55°29′57″N 116°01′10″W 3
Jarvis Bay Provincial Park Sylvan Lake 1965, 8 July 52°21′59″N 114°07′56″W 61
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park Brooks 1951, 14 November 50°26′52″N 111°54′40″W 65
Lakeland Provincial Park Lac La Biche 1992, 16 January 54°47′24″N 111°29′17″W 280
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park Slave Lake 55°25′3″N 114°48′39″W 68
Little Bow Provincial Park Champion 1954, 20 January 50°13′10″N 112°57′56″W 69
Little Fish Lake Provincial Park Drumheller 1957, 8 April 51°22′18″N 112°11′54″W 71
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park Edmonton St. Albert 2005, 19 April 53°36′22″N 113°40′41″W 437
Long Lake Provincial Park Boyle 1957, 25 March 54°25′32″N 112°45′26″W 72
Midland Provincial Park Drumheller 1979, 5 June 51°28′41″N 112°47′13″W 78
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park Hay Lakes 1958, 20 May 53°14′51″N 112°53′15″W 81
Moonshine Lake Provincial Park Rycroft 1959, 21 April 55°55′31″N 119°13′51″W 82
Moose Lake Provincial Park Bonnyville 1967, 19 April 54°15′50″N 110°55′55″W 83
Notikewin Provincial Park Manning 1979, 20 November 57°17′19″N 117°09′3″W 87
Obed Lake Provincial Park Edson 53°33′19″N 117°07′44″W 203
O'Brien Provincial Park Grande Prairie 1954, 29 June 55°03′49″N 118°49′28″W 88
Park Lake Provincial Park Lethbridge 1932, 21 November 49°48′14″N 112°55′30″W 143
Pembina River Provincial Park Entwistle 1953, 21 September 53°36′18″N 114°59′57″W 92
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Kananaskis 1977, 7 October 50°41′0″N 115°13′35″W 307
Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park Grande Cache 53°54′23″N 118°35′18″W 209
Pigeon Lake Provincial Park Wetaskiwin 1967, 26 May 53°01′35″N 114°08′4″W 98
Police Outpost Provincial Park Cardston 1970, 21 April 49°00′22″N 113°27′32″W 108
Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park Grimshaw 1956, 1 March 56°13′43″N 117°41′22″W 110
Ram Falls Provincial Park Nordegg 52°05′21″N 115°50′11″W 213
Red Lodge Provincial Park Bowden 1951, 7 May 51°56′38″N 114°16′11″W 114
Rochon Sands Provincial Park Stettler 1957, 8 January 52°27′51″N 112°53′27″W 116
Rock Lake Provincial Park Hinton 53°28′2″N 118°15′10″W 215
Saskatoon Island Provincial Park Wembley 1932, 21 November 55°12′20″N 119°05′6″W 118
Sheep River Provincial Park Turner Valley 50°38′49″N 114°38′43″W 330
Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park Lac La Biche 1952, 29 September 54°49′45″N 111°57′45″W 120
Spray Valley Provincial Park Kananaskis 2000, 1 December 50°50′14″N 115°14′48″W 308
Strathcona Science Provincial Park Edmonton Sherwood Park
1979, 12 December 53°33′39″N 113°23′2″W 123
Sundance Provincial Park Edson 1999, 28 April 53°38′29″N 116°52′47″W 142
Sylvan Lake Provincial Park Sylvan Lake 1980, 16 January 52°20′43″N 114°10′11″W 125
Thunder Lake Provincial Park Barrhead 1958, 28 January 54°07′59″N 114°43′57″W 137
Tillebrook Provincial Park Tilley 1965, 20 July 50°32′16″N 111°48′30″W 138
Two Lakes Provincial Park Grande Prairie 54°22′22″N 119°45′31″W 222
Vermilion Provincial Park Vermilion 1953, 29 May 53°21′53″N 110°52′55″W 152
Wabamun Lake Provincial Park Wabamun 53°33′58″N 114°27′16″W 154
Whitney Lakes Provincial Park Elk Point 1982, 23 June 53°49′48″N 110°29′48″W 158
William A. Switzer Provincial Park Hinton 1958, 22 December 53°32′34″N 117°48′20″W 159
Williamson Provincial Park Valleyview 1960, 7 November 55°04′52″N 117°33′26″W 165
Willow Creek Provincial Park Stavely 1957, 10 December 50°06′54″N 113°46′14″W 167
Winagami Lake Provincial Park Donnelly 1956, 13 November 55°37′45″N 116°40′41″W 169
Woolford Provincial Park Cardston 49°10′33″N 113°11′20″W 173
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Coutts 1957, 8 January 49°04′49″N 111°38′21″W 177
Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park Strathmore 1979, 2 May 50°49′47″N 113°26′59″W 178
Young's Point Provincial Park Valleyview 1971, 3 August 55°07′3″N 117°33′29″W 180
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List of wildland provincial parks
Other provincial lands
Approximately 60% of land in Alberta is public land owned by the Alberta government.[7] Green Area (forested land, almost entirely provincially owned) and the White Area (other).[7] Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve was created by the Forest Reserves Act of 1964 .[8] grazing reserves located throughout Alberta. They are administered by Alberta Sustainable Resource Development .[1] Kananaskis County is not a park but a provincially run tract of land containing several parks.
List of heritage rangelands
Beaverhill Lake Heritage Rangeland Beaverhill Lake Heritage Rangeland Black Creek Heritage Rangeland
Killarney-Reflex Lakes Heritage Rangeland
OH Ranch Heritage Rangeland
Onefour Heritage Rangeland
Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland
Tolman Badlands Heritage Rangeland
Twin River Heritage Rangeland List of ecological reserves
Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve Athabasca Dunes Ecological Reserve
Goose Mountain Ecological Reserve
Hand Hills Ecological Reserve
Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve
Marshybank Ecological Reserve
Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve
Kennedy Coulee Ecological Reserve
Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve
Rumsey Ecological Reserve
Silver Valley Ecological Reserve
Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve
West Castle Wetlands Ecological Reserve
"O.C. 455/2014" . Government of Alberta. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014 ."O.C. 22/2017" . Government of Alberta. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017 . 
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