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List of protected areas of Alberta

This is a list of protected areas of Alberta. 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 km2 (35,000 sq mi).

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Alberta Parks
Location and extent of parks in Alberta
Location and extent of parks in Alberta
TypeNumberArea km2
(sq mi)
Provincial Parks762,214 km2 (855 sq mi)
Wildland Provincial Parks3117,314 km2 (6,685 sq mi)
Provincial Recreation Areas208899 km2 (347 sq mi)
Wilderness Areas31,010 km2 (390 sq mi)
Ecological Reserves15268 km2 (103 sq mi)
Natural Areas1391,299 km2 (502 sq mi)
Heritage Rangelands2120 km2 (46 sq mi)
National Parks563,045 km2 (24,342 sq mi)
Total47690,747 km2 (35,038 sq mi)
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Dinosaur Provincial Park
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Greene Valley Provincial Park
Little Fish Lake Provincial Park
Lakeland Provincial Park
Pembina River Provincial Park
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Pigeon Lake Provincial Park
Spray Valley Provincial Park
Williamson Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

International recognition

Six of Canada's 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are entirely or partially located in Alberta:

Alberta also contains the following UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

Federally protected areas

Five National Parks of Canada (Banff, Elk Island, Jasper, Waterton Lakes and Wood Buffalo), managed by Parks Canada are located in the province. Several former national parks (such Buffalo National Park, Wawaskesy National Park, and Nemiskam National Park) formerly existed in Alberta, but were delisted in 1947.

There are several National Historic Sites of Canada in Alberta, but only two are operated by Parks Canada: Rocky Mountain House, which features an indoor interpretation centre and year-round in-person interpretation, and Frog Lake which has only outdoor interpretive panels to mark the site.

Alberta is also home to Suffield National Wildlife Area, a protected area within the military reserve at CFB Suffield.

Provincially protected areas

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There are several different departments and agencies that deal with land use in Alberta, however Alberta's provincial parks are managed by Alberta Parks, which since 2022 is part of the Ministry of Forestry, Parks and Tourism[2] whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta, as well as the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas. Seven categories of protection exist, provincial parks being one. These categories are:

As of 2016, the province of Alberta managed 76 provincial parks, 32 wildland provincial parks, 208 provincial recreation areas, 15 ecological reserves, 3 wilderness areas, 139 natural areas and 2 heritage rangeland.[3] 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).

List of wilderness areas

Wilderness areas have the strictest level of protection, no development of any kind is permitted, and travel is only permitted by foot.[4]

List of provincial parks

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ParkNearest communityEstablishedCoordinateswebsite (ID)
Antelope Hill Provincial Park Hanna2014, 4 December[5]51.722°N 111.937°W / 51.722; -111.937 (Antelope Hill Provincial Park)
Aspen Beach Provincial Park Bentley1932, 21 November52°27′28″N 113°58′39″W1
Beauvais Lake Provincial Park Pincher Creek1954, 1 February49°24′39″N 114°06′33″W6
Big Hill Springs Provincial Park Cochrane1957, 22 November51°15′6″N 114°23′18″W12
Big Island Provincial Park Edmonton2023, February53°26′26″N 113°38′45″W
Big Knife Provincial Park Forestburg1962, 2 October52°29′25″N 112°13′15″W11
Bow Valley Provincial Park Canmore1959, 27 July51°04′5″N 115°02′47″W293
Bragg Creek Provincial Park Bragg Creek1960, 19 January50°56′30″N 114°35′14″W324
Brown-Lowery Provincial Park Turner Valley1992, 29 October50°48′58″N 114°26′4″W16
Calling Lake Provincial Park Athabasca1971, 20 July55°10′51″N 113°14′40″W248
Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park Canmore198851°05′53″N 115°23′23″W294
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park Whitecourt1982, 19 May54°18′16″N 115°38′30″W247
Castle Provincial Park Crowsnest Pass2017, 17 February[6]49.444°N 114.117°W / 49.444; -114.117 (Castle Provincial Park)
Chain Lakes Provincial Park Nanton1969, 23 December50°12′24″N 114°11′47″W19
Cold Lake Provincial Park Cold Lake1976, 18 August54°27′38″N 110°07′12″W22
Crimson Lake Provincial Park Rocky Mountain House1955, 22 November52°27′0″N 115°2′0″W27
Cross Lake Provincial Park Athabasca1955, 22 November54°38′17″N 113°48′52″W28
Crow Lake Provincial Park Fort McMurray55°47′47″N 112°10′54″W574
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Medicine Hat49°34′31″N 110°00′23″W29
Dillberry Lake Provincial Park Provost1957, 8 January52°35′47″N 110°04′51″W38
Dinosaur Provincial Park Brooks1955, 27 June50°45′44″N 111°31′5″W246
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park Trochu1970, 15 December51°56′10″N 112°57′41″W39
Dunvegan Provincial Park Fairview1992, 21 May55°55′24″N 118°36′2″W40
Eagle Point Provincial Park Drayton Valley2007, 29 August53°14′40″N 114°52′28″W589
Fish Creek Provincial Park Calgary1975, 10 June50°54′11″N 114°00′55″W45
Garner Lake Provincial Park Vilna1953, 14 July54°10′59″N 111°44′22″W49
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park Calgary
Cochrane		2008, 17 April51°10′1″N 114°23′34″W593
Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park Consort1932, 21 November52°07′4″N 110°45′6″W51
Greene Valley Provincial Park Peace River2000, 6 June56°11′53″N 117°14′30″W147
Gregoire Lake Provincial Park Fort McMurray1969, 21 October56°28′23″N 111°11′55″W52
Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park High Prairie1978, 24 October55°29′57″N 116°01′10″W3
Jarvis Bay Provincial Park Sylvan Lake1965, 8 July52°21′59″N 114°07′56″W61
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park Brooks1951, 14 November50°26′52″N 111°54′40″W65
Lakeland Provincial Park Lac La Biche1992, 16 January54°47′24″N 111°29′17″W280
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park Slave Lake55°25′3″N 114°48′39″W68
Little Bow Provincial Park Champion1954, 20 January50°13′10″N 112°57′56″W69
Little Fish Lake Provincial Park Drumheller1957, 8 April51°22′18″N 112°11′54″W71
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park Edmonton
St. Albert		2005, 19 April53°36′22″N 113°40′41″W437
Long Lake Provincial Park Boyle1957, 25 March54°25′32″N 112°45′26″W72
Midland Provincial Park Drumheller1979, 5 June51°28′41″N 112°47′13″W78
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park Hay Lakes1958, 20 May53°14′51″N 112°53′15″W81
Moonshine Lake Provincial Park Rycroft1959, 21 April55°55′31″N 119°13′51″W82
Moose Lake Provincial Park Bonnyville1967, 19 April54°15′50″N 110°55′55″W83
Notikewin Provincial Park Manning1979, 20 November57°17′19″N 117°09′3″W87
Obed Lake Provincial Park Edson53°33′19″N 117°07′44″W203
O'Brien Provincial Park Grande Prairie1954, 29 June55°03′49″N 118°49′28″W88
Park Lake Provincial Park Lethbridge1932, 21 November49°48′14″N 112°55′30″W143
Pembina River Provincial Park Entwistle1953, 21 September53°36′18″N 114°59′57″W92
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Kananaskis1977, 7 October50°41′0″N 115°13′35″W307
Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park Grande Cache53°54′23″N 118°35′18″W209
Pigeon Lake Provincial Park Wetaskiwin1967, 26 May53°01′35″N 114°08′4″W98
Police Outpost Provincial Park Cardston1970, 21 April49°00′22″N 113°27′32″W108
Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park Grimshaw1956, 1 March56°13′43″N 117°41′22″W110
Ram Falls Provincial Park Nordegg52°05′21″N 115°50′11″W213
Red Lodge Provincial Park Bowden1951, 7 May51°56′38″N 114°16′11″W114
Rochon Sands Provincial Park Stettler1957, 8 January52°27′51″N 112°53′27″W116
Rock Lake Provincial Park Hinton53°28′2″N 118°15′10″W215
Saskatoon Island Provincial Park Wembley1932, 21 November55°12′20″N 119°05′6″W118
Sheep River Provincial Park Turner Valley50°38′49″N 114°38′43″W330
Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park Lac La Biche1952, 29 September54°49′45″N 111°57′45″W120
Spray Valley Provincial Park Kananaskis2000, 1 December50°50′14″N 115°14′48″W308
Strathcona Science Provincial Park Edmonton
Sherwood Park 		1979, 12 December53°33′39″N 113°23′2″W123
Sundance Provincial Park Edson1999, 28 April53°38′29″N 116°52′47″W142
Sylvan Lake Provincial Park Sylvan Lake1980, 16 January52°20′43″N 114°10′11″W125
Thunder Lake Provincial Park Barrhead1958, 28 January54°07′59″N 114°43′57″W137
Tillebrook Provincial Park Tilley1965, 20 July50°32′16″N 111°48′30″W138
Two Lakes Provincial Park Grande Prairie54°22′22″N 119°45′31″W222
Vermilion Provincial Park Vermilion1953, 29 May53°21′53″N 110°52′55″W152
Wabamun Lake Provincial Park Wabamun53°33′58″N 114°27′16″W154
Whitney Lakes Provincial Park Elk Point1982, 23 June53°49′48″N 110°29′48″W158
William A. Switzer Provincial Park Hinton1958, 22 December53°32′34″N 117°48′20″W159
Williamson Provincial Park Valleyview1960, 7 November55°04′52″N 117°33′26″W165
Willow Creek Provincial Park Stavely1957, 10 December50°06′54″N 113°46′14″W167
Winagami Lake Provincial Park Donnelly1956, 13 November55°37′45″N 116°40′41″W169
Woolford Provincial Park Cardston49°10′33″N 113°11′20″W173
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Coutts1957, 8 January49°04′49″N 111°38′21″W177
Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park Strathmore1979, 2 May50°49′47″N 113°26′59″W178
Young's Point Provincial Park Valleyview1971, 3 August55°07′3″N 117°33′29″W180
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List of wildland provincial parks

Other provincial lands

Approximately 60% of land in Alberta is public land owned by the Alberta government.[7] For administrative purposes, the province is divided into two broad land use areas: the Green Area (forested land, almost entirely provincially owned) and the White Area (other).[7] The Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve was created by the Forest Reserves Act of 1964.[8] There are also 32 provincial grazing reserves located throughout Alberta. They are administered by Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.[1] Kananaskis County is not a park but a provincially run tract of land containing several parks.

List of heritage rangelands

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Beaverhill Lake Heritage Rangeland
  • Beaverhill Lake Heritage Rangeland
  • Black Creek Heritage Rangeland
  • Killarney-Reflex Lakes Heritage Rangeland
  • OH Ranch Heritage Rangeland
  • Onefour Heritage Rangeland
  • Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland
  • Tolman Badlands Heritage Rangeland
  • Twin River Heritage Rangeland

List of provincial recreation areas

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Little Elbow Provincial Recreation Area
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Figure Eight Lake Provincial Recreation Area
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English Bay Provincial Recreation Area
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Heart Creek Provincial Recreation Area
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Etherington Creek Provincial Recreation Area
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Ghost Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area
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Fish Lake Provincial Recreation Area
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McLean Creek Provincial Recreation Area
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Lundbreck Falls Provincial Recreation Area
  • Aylmer PRA
  • Beaver Lake PRA
  • Beaverdam PRA
  • Big Berland PRA
  • Big Mountain Creek PRA
  • Bigelow Reservoir PRA
  • Blackstone PRA
  • Blue Rapids PRA
  • Bow Valley PRA
  • Brazeau Reservoir PRA
  • Brazeau River PRA
  • Brown Creek PRA
  • Buck Lake PRA
  • Buffalo Lake PRA
  • Buffalo Tower PRA
  • Bullshead Reservoir PRA
  • Burnt Timber PRA
  • Calhoun Bay PRA
  • Cartier Creek PRA
  • Cat Creek PRA
  • Cataract Creek PRA
  • Chain Lakes PRA
  • Chambers Creek PRA
  • Chambers Creek Group Camp PRA
  • Chin Coulee PRA
  • Chinook PRA
  • Chrystina Lake PRA
  • Coal Lake North PRA
  • Cobble Flats PRA
  • Cooking Lake-Blackfoot PRA
  • Crescent Falls PRA
  • Dawson PRA
  • Deer Creek PRA
  • Demmitt PRA
  • Dutch Creek PRA
  • Dry Haven PRA
  • Edith Lake PRA
  • Elbow Falls PRA
  • Elbow River PRA
  • Elbow River Launch PRA
  • Elk Creek PRA
  • Elk Creek Fish Pond PRA
  • Elk River PRA
  • English Bay PRA
  • Engstrom Lake PRA
  • Etherington Creek PRA
  • Evan-Thomas PRA
  • Fairfax Lake PRA
  • Fallen Timber PRA
  • Fallen Timber South PRA
  • Fawcett Lake PRA
  • Fickle Lake PRA
  • Figure Eight Lake PRA
  • Fish Lake PRA
  • Fisher Creek PRA
  • Fitzsimmons Creek PRA
  • Franchere Bay PRA
  • Freeman River PRA
  • French Bay PRA
  • Ghost Airstrip PRA
  • Ghost Reservoir PRA
  • Gleniffer Reservoir PRA
  • Goldeye Lake PRA
  • Gooseberry PRA
  • Greenford PRA
  • Hangingstone PRA
  • Harlech PRA
  • Heart Creek PRA
  • Heart River Dam PRA
  • Highwood PRA
  • Highwood Compound PRA
  • Highwood Junction PRA
  • Honeymoon Creek PRA
  • Horburg PRA
  • Hornbeck Creek PRA
  • Indian Graves PRA
  • Ing's Mine PRA
  • Iosegun Lake PRA
  • Island Lake PRA
  • Jackfish Lake PRA
  • Jackson Lake Trail Staging PRA
  • James-Wilson PRA
  • Jensen Reservoir PRA
  • Jumpingpound Creek PRA
  • Kakwa River PRA
  • Kehiwin PRA
  • Lake McGregor PRA
  • Lakeland PRA
  • Lantern Creek PRA
  • Lawrence Lake PRA
  • Lineham PRA
  • Little Bow Reservoir PRA
  • Little Elbow PRA
  • Little Sundance Creek PRA
  • Livingstone Falls PRA
  • Lovett River PRA
  • Lundbreck Falls PRA
  • Lusk Creek PRA
  • Machesis Lake PRA
  • Mallaig PRA
  • Maqua Lake PRA
  • Maycroft PRA
  • McLean Creek PRA
  • McLeod River PRA
  • Medicine Lake PRA
  • Mesa Butte PRA
  • Michelle Reservoir PRA
  • Minnow Lake PRA
  • Mist Creek PRA
  • Mitchell Lake PRA
  • Moose Mountain Trailhead PRA
  • Musreau Lake PRA
  • Nojack PRA
  • North Bruderheim PRA
  • North Buck Lake PRA
  • North Fork PRA
  • Old Baldy Pass Trail PRA
  • Oldman Dam PRA
  • Oldman River PRA
  • Oldman River North PRA
  • Ole's Lake PRA
  • Paddle River Dam PRA
  • Payne Lake PRA
  • Peaceful Valley PRA
  • Pembina Forks PRA
  • Peppers Lake PRA
  • Peppers Lake Staging Area PRA
  • Phyllis Lake PRA
  • Picklejar PRA
  • Pine Grove PRA
  • Pines PRA
  • Pinetop PRA
  • Poachers' Landing PRA
  • Prairie Creek PRA
  • Prairie Creek Group Camp PRA
  • Racehorse PRA
  • Red Deer River PRA
  • Redwater PRA
  • Running Lake PRA
  • St. Mary Reservoir PRA
  • Saskatoon Mountain PRA
  • Saunders PRA
  • Sentinel PRA
  • Seven Mile PRA
  • Sheep Creek PRA
  • Shunda Viewpoint PRA
  • Shuttler Flats PRA
  • Sibbald Lake PRA
  • Sibbald Meadows Pond PRA
  • Sibbald Viewpoint PRA
  • Simonette River PRA
  • Smoke Lake PRA
  • Smoky River South PRA
  • Snow Creek PRA
  • South Ghost PRA
  • Southview PRA
  • Stoney Creek PRA
  • Stoney Lake PRA
  • Strachan PRA
  • Strawberry PRA
  • Sulphur Gates PRA
  • Sulphur Lake PRA
  • Swan Lake PRA
  • Tay River PRA
  • The Narrows PRA
  • Thompson Creek PRA
  • Trapper Lea's Cabin PRA
  • Travers Reservoir PRA
  • Trout Pond PRA
  • Waiparous Creek PRA
  • Waiparous Creek Group Camp PRA
  • Waiparous Valley Viewpoint PRA
  • Wapiabi PRA
  • Ware Creek PRA
  • Waskahigan River PRA
  • Waterton Reservoir PRA
  • Watson Creek PRA
  • Weald PRA
  • West Bragg Creek PRA
  • Whitehorse Creek PRA
  • Wildhay PRA
  • Wild Horse PRA
  • Wildhorse PRA
  • Wildhorse Lake PRA
  • Wilson Creek PRA
  • Wolf Creek PRA
  • Wolf Lake PRA
  • Wolf Lake West PRA

List of natural areas

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Clifford E. Lee Natural Area
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Red Rock Coulee Natural Area
  • Alexo Natural Area
  • Alsike Bat Lake Natural Area
  • Anderson Creek Natural Area
  • Antler Lake Island Natural Area
  • Aurora Natural Area
  • Battle Lake Natural Area
  • Bear Lake Natural Area
  • Bearberry Prairie Natural Area
  • Beaverhill Lake Natural Area
  • Beehive Natural Area
  • Bellis Lake Natural Area
  • Bellis North Natural Area
  • Bentz Lake Natural Area
  • Bigoray Natural Area
  • Bilby Natural Area
  • Bridge Lake Natural Area
  • Buck Lake Natural Area
  • Buck Lake Creek Natural Area
  • Burtonsville Island Natural Area
  • Butcher Creek Natural Area
  • Caribou River Natural Area
  • Carnwood Modeste Natural Area
  • Centre of Alberta Natural Area
  • Chedderville Natural Area
  • Child Lake Meadows Natural Area
  • Clear Lake Natural Area
  • Clearwater Ricinus Natural Area
  • Clifford E. Lee Natural Area
  • Cow Lake Natural Area
  • Coyote Lake Natural Area
  • Crippsdale Natural Area
  • Douglas Fir Natural Area
  • Dussault Lake Natural Area
  • Easyford Creek Natural Area
  • Edgar T. Jones Natural Area
  • Emerson Creek Natural Area
  • Gadsby Lake Natural Area
  • Garner Orchid Fen Natural Area
  • Genesee Natural Area
  • George Lake Natural Area
  • Halfmoon Lake Natural Area
  • Halfway Lake Natural Area
  • Hargrave Coulees Natural Area
  • Harper Creek Natural Area
  • Hastings Lake Islands Natural Area
  • Heatburg Natural Area
  • Highway Natural Area
  • Highwood River Natural Area
  • Hoadley Natural Area
  • Hondo Natural Area
  • Horseshoe Creek Natural Area
  • Innisfail Natural Area
  • Isle Lake Natural Area
  • J.J. Collett Natural Area
  • Kakina Lake Natural Area
  • Kleskun Hill Natural Area
  • La Saline Natural Area
  • Lac La Nonne Natural Area
  • Lily Lake Natural Area
  • Lloyd Creek Natural Area
  • Magee Lake Natural Area
  • Majeau Lake Natural Area
  • Markerville Natural Area
  • Matthews Crossing Natural Area
  • Medicine Lodge Hills Natural Area
  • Milk River Natural Area
  • Mill Island Natural Area
  • Modeste Creek Natural Area
  • Modeste Saskatchewan Natural Area
  • Mount Butte Natural Area
  • Mt. Livingstone Natural Area
  • Mystery Lake Natural Area
  • Newton Lake Natural Area
  • Noel Lake Natural Area
  • North Cooking Lake Natural Area
  • Northwest of Bruderheim Natural Area
  • O'Chiese Natural Area
  • Ole Buck Mountain Natural Area
  • Opal Natural Area
  • Open Creek Natural Area
  • Otauwau Natural Area
  • Outpost Wetlands Natural Area
  • Paddle River Natural Area
  • Park Court Natural Area
  • Parkland Natural Area
  • Pembina River Natural Area
  • Pembina River Moon Lake Natural Area
  • Pinto Creek Canyon Natural Area
  • Police Point Natural Area
  • Poplar Creek Natural Area
  • Prefontaine Brock Lakes Natural Area
  • Red Rock Coulee Natural Area
  • Redwater River Natural Area
  • Riverlot 56 Natural Area
  • Rocky Rapids Natural Area
  • Roselea Natural Area
  • Ross Lake Natural Area
  • Round Valley Natural Area
  • Rumsey Natural Area
  • St. Francis Natural Area
  • Sand Lake Natural Area
  • Saulteaux Natural Area
  • Scalp Creek Natural Area
  • Schrader Creek-Red Deer River Natural Area
  • Sheep Creek Natural Area
  • Sherwood Park Natural Area
  • Snakes Head Natural Area
  • Spruce Island Lake Natural Area
  • Sturgeon Lake Natural Area
  • Sundance Natural Area
  • Sundre Natural Area
  • Sundre North Natural Area
  • Sundre Red Deer Natural Area
  • Sylvan Lake Natural Area
  • Tawatinaw Natural Area
  • Taylor Lake Natural Area
  • Thorsby Natural Area
  • Threepoint Creek Natural Area
  • Town Creek Natural Area
  • Upper Mann Lake Natural Area
  • Vega Natural Area
  • Victoria Settlement Natural Area
  • Wagner Natural Area
  • Washout Creek Natural Area
  • Welch Creek Natural Area
  • White Earth Valley Natural Area
  • Whitecourt Mountain Natural Area
  • Wildcat Island Natural Area
  • Wildhay Glacier Cascades Natural Area
  • Yates Natural Area

List of ecological reserves

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Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve
  • Athabasca Dunes Ecological Reserve
  • Goose Mountain Ecological Reserve
  • Hand Hills Ecological Reserve
  • Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve
  • Marshybank Ecological Reserve
  • Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve
  • Kennedy Coulee Ecological Reserve
  • Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve
  • Rumsey Ecological Reserve
  • Silver Valley Ecological Reserve
  • Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve
  • West Castle Wetlands Ecological Reserve

Municipal parks

Main article: Urban parks in Canada

See also

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