List of Alberta provincial parks
- List of Alberta provincial parks
Alberta's provincial parks are managed by the Alberta Government's Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture ministry whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta. The government has divided these natural areas into seven categories, provincial parks being one. These categories are:
* Ecological reserves
* Wilderness areas
* Wildland provincial parks
* Provincial parks
* Natural areas
* Heritage rangelands
* Provincial recreation areas
As of December 2005, the province of Alberta manages 69 provincial parks, 33 wildland provincial parks, 248 provincial recreation areas, 16 ecological reserves, 3 wilderness areas, 149 natural areas and a heritage rangeland. Although these areas are the responsibility of the Alberta government, private companies have been contracted to handle various aspects of the operation of many parks (e.g. maintenance and campground operation).
Five national parks (Banff , Elk Island, Jasper, Waterton Lakes and Wood Buffalo), managed by Parks Canada are also located in the province, bringing the total protected area throughout Alberta to approximately km2 to mi2|90000|abbr=yes.
Five of Canada's thirteen World Heritage Sites are located in Alberta: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (partly in British Columbia), Dinosaur Provincial Park, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (partly in the USA) and Wood Buffalo National Park (partly in the Northwest Territories).__TOC__
List of provincial parks
Other parks
*Caribou Mountains Wildland Park (wildland)
*Chinchaga Wildland Park (wildland)
*Kananaskis Country (not a park but a provincially run tract of land containing several parks)
*Willmore Wilderness Park (wilderness area)
ee also
*List of Canadian provincial parks
*List of National Parks of Canada
*Buffalo National Park (delisted national park)External links
* [http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/planning/gateway/aboutparks.aspx About Alberta's Parks]
* [http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/planning/gateway/alphasearch.asp Alberta Parks -list of provincial parks]
* [http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/preserving/parks/lrm/ Alberta Community Development - Parks and Protected Areas Land Reference Manual]
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