2005 Natural Regions and Subregions of Alberta
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Slave River Rapids PRA 126 Andrew Lake PRA 126 126 125 125 125 124 124 124 123 123 122 123 Colin-Cornwall 122 Lakes Wildland 122 121 121 121 120 La Butte Creek 120 Wildland 120 119 119 119 Kazan 118 Wildland Park 118 117 Caribou Mountains 118 117 Wildland 117 116 116 116 Fidler-Greywillow115 Wood Buffalo Wildland 115 115 National Park 114 114 114 113 Hay-Zama 113 Lakes 113 112 Wildland 112 112 111 111 111 110 110 Rainbow Lake 110 109 High Level 109 109 Richardson 108 Wildland Park 108 Maybelle River 108 107 Wildland 107 107 106 106 Harper Creek Natural Area 106 105 Athabasca Dunes 105 Ecological Reserve 105 Richardson River 104 Dunes Wildland 104 104 103 103 103 102 102 102 101 100 101 Marguerite River 13 12 101 5 4 11 10 9 Wildland 8 7 6 7 6 5 4 3 10 9 8 23 2 100 25 24 23 14 13 12 11 22 21 20 19 19 18 17 16 15 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 89 7 6 5 4 3 2 100 25 24 23 22 21 20 99 99 99 98 98 98 Birch Mountains Birch Mountains 97 Wildland Wildland Park Expansion 97 97 96 96 96 95 95 Notikewin Prov. Park Chinchaga 95 94 Wildland 94 94 93 93 93 92 92 92 91 91 Manning 91 90 90 Whitemud Falls 89 90 Fort McMurray Wildland 89 Gipsy-Gordon 89 Wildland Park 88 88 88 Gipsy Lake 87 Wildland 87 87 86 Grand Rapids 86 Wildland 86 Gregoire Lake 85 Prov. Park Exp. 85 84 85 Stony Mountain Christina Silver Valley Crossing Wildland Ecol. Reserve 84 PRA 84 83 Sand Lake Peace River Natural Area 83 Grimshaw 82 Dunvegan West 83 Greene Valley Wildland 82 Provincial Park Fairview 82 81 81 Peace River 81 Cowper Lake PRA 80 Wildland 80 80 79 Peace River Crow Lake Prov. Park Exp. 79 Wildland 79 78 Spirit River 78 78 77 Falher McLennan 77 Winagami 76 Wildland 77 Dillon River Winagami Lake Wildland Park 76 Provincial Park 76 75 Lesser Slave 75 Lake Wildland Hilliard's Bay Lesser Slave Lake 74 75 Winefred Lake PRA Provincial Park Provincial Park Goodwin Lake PRA 74 High Prairie 74 73 Sexsmith Clyde Lake PRA 73 Otter-Orloff 73 Lakes Wildland 72 Beaverlodge Grande 72 Slave Lake Prairie Young's Point 72 71 Wembley Provincial Park Grizzly Ridge 71 Wildland 71 70 70 Valleyview 70 69 Poacher's Landing La Biche River 69 Provincial Rec. Area Wildland 69 68 68 68 67 Lakeland 67 Prov. Park 67 66 Lakeland 66 Goose Mountain Provincial Rec. Area 65 Ecological Reserve Cross Lake Athabasca Swan Hills 66 Prov. Park 64 65 Hubert Lake Cold Lake Wildland Prov. Park Musreau Lake 65 Provincial Rec. Area 64 63 64 Cold Lake 63 Two Lakes 63 62 Prov. Park Fort Assiniboine 62 Fox Creek Sandhills Wildland White Earth Valley 61 62 Natural Area Carson-Pegasus Bonnyville 61 Provincial Park Holmes Crossing Sandhills 14 13 12 Ecological Reserve 61 2 60 11 10 5 4 3 9 8 7 8 7 6 6 5 4 3 11 10 9 2 60 27 26 25 15 14 13 12 24 23 22 21 20 21 20 19 18 17 16 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 6 5 4 3 2 60 27 26 25 24 23 22 59 7 Bellis North Westlock Kakwa 59 Natural Area Whitecourt Barrhead Wildland 59 Smoky Lake 58 58 St. Paul 58 57 Sulphur Gates Whitney Lakes Provincial 57 Legal Redwater Elk PointProvincial Park Rec. Area Grande Cache Mayerthorpe 57 Redwater 56 Natural Area 56 Pinto Creek Canyon Bon Accord Natural Area 56 55 Gibbons Morinville Bruderheim 55 Sundance Wildhay Glacial Prov. Park Fort Saskatchewan Lamont 54 Cascades 55 Elk Island Two Hills Natural Area Willmore 54 Onoway National Park 54 St. Albert 53 Wilderness Park Obed Lake Cooking Lake-Blackfoot 53 Prov. Park Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Rec. Area Provincial Park Edson Mundare 52 Rock Lake Spruce Prov. Park William A. Switzer Fickle Lake Grove Edmonton Vegreville Provincial Park Provincial 51 5152 Rec. Area Stony Plain Rock Lk. 52 Beaverhill Lake Solomon Cr. Heritage Rangeland 50 Wildland Hinton 51 Natural Area Vermilion Tofield Lloydminster 50 Devon Beaumont 49 50 Leduc Miquelon Lake 49 Calmar Provincial Park 49 48 Drayton Valley 48 48 47 Viking 47 Millet 47 46 Whitehorse Camrose 46 Wildland Wetaskiwin 46 45 45 Ribstone Creek Daysland Wainwright Heritage Rangeland 44 Jasper Brazeau Canyon 45 Natural Area 44 Wildland Killam National Park Sedgewick 44 43 Wainwright Dunes Kilarney-Reflex Lakes 43 Heritage Rangeland 43 Hardisty Ecological Reserve 42 Natural Area Ponoka 42 Rimbey 42 Dillberry Lake 41 Wapiabi Provincial Bashaw Provincial Park 41 Recreation Area Crimson Lake 41 40 Provincial Park 40 Bentley Provost 39 40 39 Blackfalds Rocky Mountain House Eckville 39 38 Stettler Sylvan Lake Red Deer 37 White Goat 38 Castor Wilderness Area 37 36 Penhold Coronation Kootenay Plains 35 Ecological Reserve 36 Rumsey 2005 Natural Regions and Innisfail Dry Island Ecological 35 34 Buffalo Jump Reserve Prov. Park Siffleur Bowden 33 Subregions of Alberta 34 Rumsey Wilderness Area Nat. Area 33 Trochu 32 Sundre Olds with Parks and Protected Areas 32 31 Three Hills 31 Hanna 30 Didsbury 1:1,000,000 30 29 Banff Carstairs National Park Ghost River Hand Hills Wilderness Area Ecological 28 29 Reserve Drumheller Oyen Don Getty Crossfield 27 Provincial Protected Area National Parks Wildland 28 Future Designations as per LARP 27 Airdrie Irricana 26 26 25 Cochrane Banff Boreal Forest Natural Region Foothills Natural Region Bow Valley 24 Wildland 25 Bow Valley Prov. Park 24 Strathmore 23 Central Mixedwood Upper Foothills CalgaryChestermere Bow Valley Wildland Evan-Thomas 23 22 Prov. Rec. Area Dry Mixedwood Lower Foothills 21 Spray Valley 22 Prov.Park Elbow- Don Getty Bassano Sheep Wildland 21 11 2 20 Wildland 12 5 4 3 Sheep River 9 8 7 6 Northern Mixedwood Provincial Park 13 Dinosaur 18 17 16 15 14 10 Canadian Shield Natural Region 9 8 Okotoks 24 23 22 21 20 19 Provincial Park 19 11 10 Peter Lougheed 7 6 5 Black Diamond 27 26 25 28 Prov. Park Turner Valley 20 29 Boreal Subarctic Kazan Uplands 19 18 Bluerock High River Wildland 18 17 Peace-Athabasca Delta Don Getty Parkland Natural Region Wildland 17 16 Vulcan 16 15 Plateau Mountain Nanton Lower Boreal Highlands Foothills Parkland Ecological Reserve Don Getty 15 14 Wildland Medicine Hat 13 Upper Boreal Highlands Peace River Parkland 14 Stavely Upper Bob Creek Redcliff Ecological Res. 13 Vauxhall 12 Beehive Natural Area Athabasca Plain Central Parkland Claresholm 11 12 Black Creek Bob Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural Area Wildland 11 Bow Island 10 Picture Butte Granum Rocky Mountain Natural Region Grassland Natural Region Cypress Hills 10 Taber Provincial Park 9 Lethbridge Coalhurst 9 Coaldale 8 Alpine Dry Mixedgrass Fort Macleod 8 7 Oldman Dam Foothills Fescue Provincial Subalpine Recreation Area 7 6 6 Pincher Creek Raymond 5 Northern Fescue Beauvais Lake Montane Provincial Park Magrath 4 5 Twin River Heritage Rangeland Mixedgrass 4 Natural Area Onefour 3 Heritage Rangeland Natural Area 3 2 Cardston Ross Lake Milk River 2005 Natural Regions and Subregions of Alberta Natural Area Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta Environment, Alberta Community Development and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, June 2005. 2 1 For further information on Natural Regions and Subregions, check the Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre web page at: Waterton Lakes http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/preserving/parks/anhic/flashindex.asp Milk River Kennedy Coulee Natural Area National Park 1 Ecological Reserve DEM hillshade image and Base Features mapping data supplied by Resource Information Management Branch, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Only those sites Parks and Protected Areas greater than 10 sq.km. are labelled. Produced by Parks Division, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, June 18, 2013..