2024 Notification of Park Boundary Amendments 

Alberta Forestry and Parks amended 18 park boundaries through orders-in-council. These amendments enhance recreation and camping opportunities for Albertans while protecting rare grasslands and addressing unresolved administrative issues and small site deregulations. The changes:

• establish two new parks in Northern Alberta: Kleskun Hills Provincial Park and La Biche River Provincial Recreation Area, expanding and improving public access and recreation opportunities;
• expand three parks to include titled lands that were purchased or donated for park purposes;
• amend Egg Island Ecological Reserve to correct a historical error in its legal description, with no change to its size, protections, or boundaries; and
• deregulate Big Elbow Provincial Recreation Area as it fully overlaps with Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park; and
• deregulate 11 small provincial recreation areas to redesignate them as public lands.

Collectively, these amendments add more than 1,400 hectares to Alberta’s provincial parks system, while removing approximately 50 hectares of land.

Media Inquiries:

Please direct media inquiries to:

Alexandru Cioban
[email protected] 
780-644-7353 
Press Secretary, Forestry and Parks 

Further information:

Frequently Asked Questions

Establishment of New Parks Fact Sheets:

• New Kleskun Hills Provincial Park
• New La Biche River Provincial Recreation Area

Park Amendments and Expansions Fact Sheets:

• Egg Island Ecological Reserve
• Bleriot Ferry Provincial Recreation Area
• Peaceful Valley Provincial Recreation Area
• Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park

Deregulation Fact Sheets:

• Big Elbow Provincial Recreation Area
• Chisholm Provincial Recreation Area
• Crane Meadow Provincial Recreation Area
• Eyrie Gap Provincial Recreation Area
• Fir Creek Provincial Recreation Area
• Fort Vermillion Provincial Recreation Area
• Gunn Provincial Recreation Area
• Little Smoky River Provincial Recreation Area
• Muriel Lake Provincial Recreation Area
• Newbrook Provincial Recreation Area
• North Ram River Provincial Recreation Area
• Raven Provincial Recreation Area

Maps:

• Provincial Deregulations
• Provincial Additions and Amendments

Additional Information:

• Approved orders-in-council