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Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in west-central Alberta, Canada.The park was established on 26 August 1998 and had an area of 17,439.886 hectares (43,094.90 acres; 67.34 sq mi). [4]
Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in Woodlands County, Alberta, Canada. The park is 7,903 hectares (19,530 acres) in area and was established in 1997. [3] The park is contained in the Upper Athabasca Land Use Framework. [4]
Alberta Parks Location and extent of parks in Alberta; Type Number Area km 2 (sq mi) 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
Alberta Parks. 14 November 2018. New Park Provides Needed Safeguards for One of Canada's 10 Longest Wild Rivers, World Wildlife Fund, 17 May 2018; Allen, Lorna; Johnson, J Derek (2007). Small Patch Communities of Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park (PDF). Edmonton: Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. ISBN 978-0-7785-7304-3.
Made a Provincial Recreation Area Assineau River Crossing Provincial Park Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124: 1930s 1950s Turned into a campground, then the campground closed Gaetz Lake Provincial Park Red Deer County: 1960s 1980s-90s Given to the city and turned into Kerry Wood Nature Sanctuary Ma-Me-O Beach Provincial Park
The park has seven automobile accessible campgrounds, totaling 546 campsites, [7] as well as six backcountry campgrounds, with a total of 83 sites. [8] There are over 12 km of paved bike paths connecting the auto access campgrounds, [9] and many more hiking trails. Boulton Creek Trading Post is the main source for supplies in the park, as well ...
Willmore Wilderness Park was created in 1959 outside of the parks system under separate legislation to preserve it as a hunting and trapping ground and protect it from industrial development. The Parks Act was amended in 1964 to allow for the creation of wilderness areas and natural areas as well as parks, and this was reinforced by the ...
Ghost River Valley, Alberta (1970) The Ghost River Wilderness Area is a provincially designated wilderness area in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta protecting the headwaters of the Ghost River. [2] It was established in 1967 and it, as one of the three wilderness areas of Alberta, has the strictest form of government protection available in Canada.