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Midland Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada. Once the site of the Midland Coal Mine, it was designated as a provincial park on June 5, 1979. It now hosts the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. It is located 6 km west of Drumheller on Highway 838 (North Dinosaur Trail).
This list of museums in Alberta, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The park was first constructed in the early 1950s, and opened to the public on May 29, 1953. Vermilion Provincial Park was the 7th park integrated into the Alberta Parks system. [1] One of the key features of the park is that the Vermilion River was dammed to create an artificial lake (the 6.3 km long Vermilion Park Lake).
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 County of Wetaskiwin No. 10: 1950s-60s ...
The park system contains campgrounds, playgrounds, eating areas and several kilometres of cyclist/pedestrian trails, including part of the Coal Banks Trail system. Well-known attractions in the system include Fort Whoop-Up, Helen Schuler Nature Centre and the High Level Bridge. A golf course is adjacent to Elizabeth Hall Wetlands.
Pigeon Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located in central Alberta, Canada, within the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. The park is located on the southwestern shore of Pigeon Lake . It was established on August 16, 1973.
Pigeon Mountain is a 2,394-metre (7,854-foot) mountain summit located in the Bow River Valley of Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its parent peak is Skogan Peak, 5.0 km (3.1 mi) to the southeast. [2] Pigeon Mountain can be seen from Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway in the Canmore to Exshaw area.
Big Hill Springs Provincial Park is a provincial park in the foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, about 40 kilometres (20 mi) northwest of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It features a series of springs and small waterfalls that flow year-round over rocky terraces covered with a lush growth of mosses , shrubs , and grasses .