Recent Updates

Note that dates reflect the date the spatial file was edited, not necessarily the date of the Order-in-Council designating, disestablishing, or amending a boundary.

January 20, 2012

Changes:

  • Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park - Road Plan 082 8050 removed from park

September 9, 2011

  • Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park - Expansion

June 15, 2011

Changes:

  • Provincial Recreation Areas disestablished - Coalspur, Lambert Creek
  • Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park - boundary amendment

April 28, 2011

Changes:

  • Provincial Recreation Areas disestablished - Coal Lake South

February 24, 2011

Changes:

  • Simonette River Provincial Recreation Area boundary amendment

February 3, 2011

Changes:

  • Fish Lake Provincial Recreation Area boundary amendment

September 15, 2010

Changes:

  • Lois Hole Provincial Park Amended

April 15, 2010

Changes:

  • Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park Amended

March 11, 2010

Changes:

  • Provincial Recreation Areas disestablished - Crane Lake East; Crane Lake West; Ethel Lake; Groat Creek; Hanmore Lake; Holmes Crossing; Hoodoos; Horseshoe Canyon; Minnie Lake; Sun Haven
  • Sylvan Lake Provincial Park Amendment
  • Willow Creek Provincial Park Amendment

December 14, 2009

Changes:

  • Castle River Provincial Recreation Area Disestablished
  • Meeting Creek Provincial Recreation Area Disestablished
  • Dickson Dam Provincial Recreation Area (6 sites) Amended/Redesignated as Gleniffer Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area
  • Sylvan Lake Provincial Park Amended

September 17, 2009

Changes:

  • Rock Lake Provincial Park Amended
  • Rock Lake-Solomon Creek Amended

August 2008

Changes:

  • OH Ranch Heritage Rangeland Established

July 2008

Changes:

  • Fork Lake Provincial Recreation Area Disestablished

April 24 , 2008

Changes:

  • Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park Established
  • Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Amendment
  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile Amendment
  • Protected Areas System Map Amendment
  • Upper Bob Creek Ecological Reserve Disestablished

December 21 , 2007

Changes:

  • Astotin Natural Area Disestablished
  • Northwest of Bruderheim Natural Area Amendment

September 5 , 2007

Changes:

  • Eagle Point Provincial Park Established
  • Blue Rapids Provincial Recreation Area Established
  • Drayton Valley Natural Area Disestablished
  • North Saskatchewan Natural Area Disestablished
  • Pembina Field Natural Area Disestablished
  • Washout Saskatchewan Natural Area Disestablished

December 1 , 2006

Changes:

  • Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park Established
  • Ram Falls Provincial Park Established
  • Rock Lake Provincial Park Established
  • Two Lakes Provincial Park Established
  • Rock Lake - Solomon Creek Wildland Amendment
  • PRA Amendment Package (Multiple Amendments)

May 29, 2006

Amended:

March 3, 2006

Amended:

  • Miquelon Lake Provincial Park (Land added)

December 6, 2005

Amended:

July 13, 2005

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile

May 3 , 2005


Amended:
  • Protected Areas PDF Map - download now
  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile

April 22, 2005

Added:

Deleted:

  • Big Lake Natural Area (redesignated as Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park)

February 25, 2005

Amended:

  • Protected Areas PDF Map

February 3, 2005

Amended:

  • Protected Areas PDF Map

December 22, 2004

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

November 30, 2004

Amended:

  • Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park (land added) - download now
  • Spray Valley Provincial Park (land added) - download now
  • Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area (land deleted) - download now

September 14, 2004

Amended:

August 10, 2004

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

August 6, 2004

Amended:

Added:

Garner Orchid Fen Natural Area - download now

June 15, 2004

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile

May 21, 2004

Amended:

  • Cold Lake Provincial Park (land added and deleted) - download now

February 20, 2004

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile

February 10, 2004

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile

December 19, 2003

Amended:

November 3, 2003

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

October 14, 2003

Amended:

  • Grand Rapids Wildland Provincial Park (land deleted)

September 22, 2003

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map
  • Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile

July 3, 2003

Amended:

Deleted:

  • Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural Area

Added:

  • Heritage Rangeland Classification
  • Black Creek Heritage Rangeland - download now

February 14, 2003

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map
  • Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile

December 10, 2002

Amended:

  • Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

Added:

November 15, 2002

Amended:

  • La Biche River Wildland Provincial Park (land deleted - added to Poacher's Landing Provincial Recreation Area - download now
  • Poacher's Landing Provincial Recreation Area (land added) - download now

September 11, 2002

Amended:

  • Bow Valley Provincial Park (land added) - download now
  • Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park (land added) - download now
  • Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park (land added) - download now

Deleted:

  • Bow River, Gap Lake, Grotto Mountain, Lac Des Arcs, Old Camp, Three Sisters Kananaskis Country Provincial Recreation Areas ( added to Bow Valley Provincial Park)
  • Bow Flats and Yamnuska Natural Areas (added to Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park)

August 8, 2002

Amended:

  • Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park (land deleted) - download now

May 17, 2002

Deleted:

  • Grovedale Fish Pond Provincial Recreation Area
Amended:
  • Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park

February 21, 2002

Amended:

December 20, 2001

Amended:
  • Jackfish Lake PRA Acres/Hectares amounts

September 19, 2001

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile

August 28, 2001

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile

August 10, 2001

Amended:
  • William A. Switzer Provincial Park ( land deleted ) - download now
  • Brazeau Canyon Wildland Provincial Park ( corrected legal description ) - download now
  • La Biche River Wildland Provincial Park ( land added and deleted ) - download now
  • Rock Lake-Solomon Creek Wildland Provincial Park ( land deleted ) - download now
  • Pinto Creek Natural Area ( corrected legal description ) - download now
  • Wildhay Glacial Cascades Natural Area ( land deleted ) - download now

August 3, 2001

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map - download now

July 26, 2001

Added: Deleted:
  • Bighorn Lookout, Bluerock, Gorge Creek, Indian Oils, Long Prairie, Missing Link, Sandy McNabb, Sheep Falls Kananaskis Country Provincial Recreation Areas ( added to Sheep River Provincial Park )
  • Threepoint and Volcano Ridge Kananaskis Country Provincial Recreation Areas ( added to Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park )

March 29, 2001

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

February 26, 2001

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile

February 16, 2001

Amended:
  • Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park (land added) - download now

February 13, 2001

Added: Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile

January 4, 2001

Added: Amended:
  • William A. Switzer Provinicial Park - download now
  • Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park - download now
  • Marguerite Crag and Tail Wildland Provincial Park (land added and name changed to Marguerite River Wildland Provincial Park) - download now
  • Fickle Lake Forest Provincial Recreation Area - download now
  • Sulphur Gates Forest Provincial Recreation Area - download now
Deleted:
  • Athabasca Lookout Nordic Centre Forest Provincial Recreation Area (added to William A. Switzer Provincial Park)
  • Obed Lake Forest Provincial Recreation Area (added to Obed Lake Provincial Park)
  • Buller Creek Trail, Buller Mountain, Driftwood, Eau Claire, Galetea Creek, Guinn Pass, Lillian Lake, Mount Allan Trail, Mount Shark Trailhead, Ribbon Creek, Ribbon Lake, Sparrowhawk, Spray Lakes, Spray Lakes West and Terrace Trail Kananaskis Country Provincial Recreation Areas (added to Spray Valley Provincial Park)
  • Forth Creek Natural Area (added to Dunvegan West Wildland Provincial Park)
  • Muskiki Lake Natural Area (added to Brazeau Canyon Wildland Provincial Park)

January 3, 2001

Amended:

  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

November 20, 2000

Amended:

  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map
Removed:
  • The Crown Reservations section of the Land Reference Manual web site was removed

November 16, 2000

Added: Amended: Deleted:
  • Jackpines Natural Area (added to Winagami Wildland Provincial Park)

October 27, 2000

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile

October 19, 2000

Added: Amended: Deleted:
  • Tolman Bridge Provincial Recreation Area (added to Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park)
  • Big Valley, Delburne, Lousana, Nevis and Wood Lake Natural Areas (added to Tolman Heritage Rangeland Natural Area)

October 13, 2000

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

June 27, 2000

Amended:
  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile

June 23, 2000

Amended:

  • Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
  • Protected Areas PDF Map

June 9, 2000

Added:

Amended:

Deleted:

  • Pine Sands Natural Area (Redesignated as Poachers' Landing Provincial Recreation Area)
  • Twelve Foot Davis Provincial Historical Site Provincial Park (Added to Greene Valley Provincial Park)


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