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:
- Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile - download now
- Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile - download now
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:
- Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park - download now
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:
- Grand Rapids Wildland Provincial Park - download now
August 10, 2004
Amended:
- Protected Areas ArcView Shapefile
- Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile
- Protected Areas PDF Map
August 6, 2004
Amended:
- Dinosaur Provincial Park (land added) - download now
- Wagner Natural Area (land added) - download now
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:
- Fish Creek Provincial Park (land added)- download now
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:
- Bob Creek Wildland Park - download now
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:
- Crown Reservations ArcView Shapefile - download now
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
- Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park
February 21, 2002
Amended:- Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile - download now
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:- Sheep River Provincial Park - download now
- Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Peace River Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- 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:- Lesser Slave Lake Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
January 4, 2001
Added:- Obed Lake Provincial Park - download now
- Spray Valley Provincial Park- download now
- Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Brazeau Canyon Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Dunvegan West Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Gipsy Lake Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Grand Rapids Wildland Provincial Park
- Rock Lake - Solomon Creek Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Wapiabi Provincial Recreation Area - download now
- Onefour Natural Area - download now
- Pinto Creek Canyon Natural Area - download now
- Wildhay Glacial Cascades Natura Area- download now
- 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
- 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
- The Crown Reservations section of the Land Reference Manual web site was removed
November 16, 2000
Added:- Otter-Orloff Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Whitemud Falls Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Winagami Wildland Provincial Park - download now
- Winagami Lake Provincial Park - download now
- Jackpines Natural Area (added to Winagami Wildland Provincial Park)
October 27, 2000
Amended:- Protected Areas Arcview Shapefile
October 19, 2000
Added:- Crow Lake Provincial Park - view map & legal description
- Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park - view map & legal description
- Tolman Heritage Rangeland Natural Area - view map & legal description
- Beauvais Lake Provincial Park - view map & legal description
- Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park - view map & legal description
- 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:
- Greene Valley Provincial Park - view map & legal description
- La Biche River Wildland Provincial Park - view map & legal description
- Poachers' Landing Provincial Recreation Area - view map & legal description
- Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural Area - view map & legal description
- Killarney-Reflex Lakes Heritage Rangeland Natural Area - view map & legal description
Amended:
- Dillberry Lake Provincial Park - view map & legal description
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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