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It is located in the Caribou Mountains, immediately west of Wood Buffalo National Park in a remote backcountry area. The closest communities in Alberta are Fort Vermilion and Garden River. It was established by the Alberta Government in 2001 under the "Special Places program" by Order in Council 308/2001. [1]
The Caribou Mountains were affected by the 2024 Semo Lake Complex fire, which burned large portions of the plateau. [ 3 ] Because of their unique environment, the Caribou Mountains Wildland Park (5,910 km 2 (2,280 sq mi)) was created in 2001 as part of the Special Places program.
Provincial parks are established under the Provincial Parks Act to "support outdoor recreation, ... Caribou Mountains Wildland ... Alberta Parks has closed multiple ...
Dillon River Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northern Alberta, Canada. It was established on 14 May 2018 and has an area of 191,545 hectares (473,320 acres). [2] [3] The Government of Alberta announced the park's creation through its approval of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan Land Use Framework in August 2012. [5]
Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, Kananaskis Country Campgrounds [2] Sheep River Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta , Canada, 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Diamond Valley on highway 546.
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.
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).
Bragg Creek Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park in Alberta's Rocky Mountains at the eastern edge of Kananaskis Country. This park is located near the Elbow River and includes facilities for picnicking, hiking, and fishing. CBC's television series North of 60 featured this provincial park as part of its principal filming photography.