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Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation Aspen Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta , Canada , located 17 km west of Lacombe on Highway 12 , a short drive off Highway 2 . Established in 1932, Aspen Beach Provincial Park was the first provincial park in Alberta.
Ma-Me-O Beach Provincial Park County of Wetaskiwin No. 10: 1950s-60s 1980s-90s Given to the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach Hommey Provincial Park County of Grande Prairie No. 1: 1930s 1980s-90s Given to the county Saskatoon Mountain Provincial Park County of Grande Prairie No. 1: 1930s 1950s Given to the county Blue Bridge Provincial Park
During the Last Glacial Period, the Laurentide Ice Sheet covered most of Alberta. When the ice retreated , meltwater rivers deposited sand over the area containing the park. Aeolian processes , the prevailing winds pushed the sand into dunes and created a dune complex within the present-day park which is part of larger dune field extending ...
Protected areas are managed by the Government of Canada or the Government of Alberta. The provincial government owns 60% of Alberta's landmass [1] but most of this has not been formally protected. The total protected area throughout Alberta including federal and provincial protected areas is approximately 90,700 km 2 (35,000 sq mi).
The 2960 km² area of the Suffield Block was expropriated by the Province of Alberta during the Second World War on behalf of the Canadian Federal Government. [1] [2] The land was leased to the Federal Government for ninety-nine years at a cost of one dollar per year to support the operation of the Experimental Station Suffield.
Elk Island National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada, that played an important part in the conservation of the plains bison. The park is administered by the Parks Canada Agency. This "island of conservation" is 35 km (22 mi) east of Edmonton , along the Yellowhead Highway , which goes through the park.
The first important legislation that formed the basis of the current system of national parks and protected areas in the Philippines is Act No. 648, enacted in 1903 by the Philippine Commission. This act authorized the civil governor to "reserve for civil public purposes, and from sale or settlement, any part of the public domain not ...
Kakwa Wildlands Park, Kakwa Provincial Park and Willmore Wilderness Park comprise the first interprovincial park shared between Alberta and British Columbia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Access to the park is via Highway 40 , through the hamlet of Grande Cache , and the four staging areas: Sulphur Gates, Cowlick Creek, Berland River and Rock Lake. [ 3 ]