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This park is within Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The park was originally named Kananaskis Provincial Park, but was renamed after Peter Lougheed, premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, when he retired in 1986. [1] One of the largest provincial parks in Alberta, it encompasses 304 square kilometres (117 sq mi) around Kananaskis Lakes.
Alberta's system of provincial parks began with the striking of a committee on parks by then Premier J. E. Brownlee in 1929. This led to the passage of the Provincial Parks and Protected Areas Act in 1930 and the formation of the Provincial Board of Management to oversee the system.
Alberta Parks Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in Wood Buffalo , northern Alberta , Canada . Kitaskino, means “our land” in Cree and Nuwenëné means “our land” in Dene ; the two languages are spoken by the First Nation communities in the area. [ 4 ]
Natural Resources Conservation Board Act (NRCBA) [3] "The purpose of this Act is to provide for an impartial process to review projects that will or may affect the natural resources of Alberta in order to determine whether, in the Board’s opinion, projects are in the public interest, having regard to the social and economic effects of the projects and the effect of the projects on the ...
Provincial parks differ from wildland provincial parks in that the former have better road access and allow a greater range of activities for users. Provincial parks have a focus on a variety of outdoor recreational uses and enjoyment of the natural environment. [1]
Alberta Parks [5] Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northern Alberta , Canada . The park was established on 20 December 2000 with an area of 144,505 hectares (357,080 acres; 557.94 sq mi). [ 4 ]
Birch River Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northern Alberta, Canada. It was established on 14 May 2018 [ 2 ] and covers 331,832 hectares (1,281.2 sq mi). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The park is contained in the Lower Athabasca Region Land Use Framework finalized in 2012. [ 4 ]
Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in Wood Buffalo , northern Alberta , Canada . The park was established on 20 December 2000 [ 3 ] and has an area of 13,974 hectares (34,530 acres). [ 2 ]