Land Reference Manual
Updated February 11, 2008
This website contains a complete listing of all lands currently under the administration of Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture — Parks & Protected Areas. Land descriptions are provided for every site. Many of these descriptions also provide maps for information purposes only. These lands are administered under the Provincial Parks Act, the Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas Act and Heritage Rangelands Act and the Willmore Wilderness Park Act.
For information regarding land descriptions, contact Duke Hunter.
Each land description is formatted as a Acrobat Writer (.pdf) document.
The following link will take you to the free Acrobat Reader download page.
| Name | Number | Acres | Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial Parks | 74 | 542,063.76 | 219,372.90 |
| Wildland Parks | 32 | 4,274,454.00 | 1,729,872.90 |
| Willmore Wilderness Park (PDF) | 1 | 1,135,872.00 | 459,671.04 |
| Provincial Recreation Areas | 230 | 210,389.60 | 85,144.98 |
| Ecological Reserves | 16 | 72,756.15 | 29,444.29 |
| Wilderness Areas | 3 | 249,548.80 | 100,988.79 |
| Natural Areas | 144 | 323,428.40 | 130,890.20 |
| Heritage Rangelands | 1 | 19,175.64 | 7,760.38 |
| Total | 501 | 6,827,688.35 | 2,763,145.48 |
Download Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile (2.5 mb)
Updated: September 10, 2007
Protected areas digital data is available in ArcView shape file format. This data set includes legislated protected areas as established by Order-in-Council.
Users with GIS capability can query, display, or plot data relating to lands included in Alberta's Protected Area system.
Download Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile (245 kb)
Updated: September 10, 2007
Crown Reservations digital data is available in ArcView shape file format. In the context of this data set, a crown reservation is a registered interest in land(s) by Parks and Protected Areas Division, to which conditions to industrial activity may apply.
Users with GIS capability can query, display, or plot data relating to lands placed under reservation by Parks and Protected Areas Division.
Download Protected Areas PDF Map (6.26 mb) *
Updated: September 10, 2007
A PDF format map of the Protected Area system is available for those without GIS capability. In addition to formally designated protected areas, this map includes crown reservations. In the context of this map, a crown reservation is a registered interest in land(s) by Parks and Protected Areas, to which conditions to industrial activity may apply.
It is recommended that you download and save the file to your hard drive. The PDF can be viewed off-line with the Adobe Acrobat Viewer. Annotation on the map is in text format, so can be searched using Edit/"Find". Users may then refer back to this page for legal descriptions of legislated sites, or site maps.
* Requires Acrobat Reader
