This is a list of protected areas of Saskatchewan.
National parks
Provincial parks
The
federal government
A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governin ...
transferred control of natural resources to the
western provinces
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada– ...
in 1930 with the
Natural Resources Acts
The Natural Resources Acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of Canada and the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 1930 to transfer control over crown lands and natural resources within these provi ...
. At that time, the Saskatchewan government set up its own Department of Natural Resources. In an attempt to get people working and to encourage tourism during the
Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...
, several projects were set up by the government, including setting up a provincial park system in 1931. The founding parks include Cypress Hills, Duck Mountain, Good Spirit Lake, Moose Mountain, Katepwa Point, and
Little Manitou. Greenwater Lake was added in 1932. Two more parks were added by the end of the 1930s and Little Manitou ceased to be a provincial park in 1956 and in 1962, it became a regional park.
The list of parks, and their types, come from The Parks Act.
Regional parks
Most Regional Parks are established as per the Regional Parks Act. Virtually all of the regional parks in Saskatchewan are affiliated with the Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association (SRPA). The SPRA supports the parks by assisting with research, education, marketing, etc.
A yearly park pass purchased at any SRPA park also grants access to all other SRPA parks.
The
Meewasin Valley Authority
The Meewasin Valley Authority is a conservation organization created by the Provincial Government of Saskatchewan in Canada and is dedicated to conserving the cultural and natural resources of the South Saskatchewan River Valley. The authority's ...
Act, the
Wakamow Valley Authority The Wakamow Valley Authority is a conservation organization created by the Saskatchewan, Provincial Government of Saskatchewan in Canada, and dedicated to conserving the cultural and natural resources of the Wakamow Valley. The Authority's activ ...
Act, and the Provincial Capital Commission Act also give authority to create regional parks.
The following is a list of all the regional parks:
Provincial recreation sites
The following is a list of Saskatchewan provincial recreation sites:
Wildlife refuges
The following is a list of Saskatchewan wildlife refuges:
Provincial forests
*
Canwood Provincial Forest
*
Fort à la Corne Provincial Forest
*
Nisbet Provincial Forest
The Nisbet Provincial Forest is a provincially protected mixed-wood forest surrounded by Aspen parkland in Central Saskatchewan, Canada. It consists of a north block north of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and a south block between Duck L ...
*
Northern Provincial Forest
Northern may refer to the following:
Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a r ...
*
Porcupine Provincial Forest
The Porcupine Provincial Forest is a protected boreal forest in Canada which covers the Porcupine Hills on the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
__TOC__
History
By the end of the 19th century, Eastern Canada had essentially run out of marke ...
*
Torch River Provincial Forest
Other sites with provincial protection
The list of protected areas below comes from the Parks Act.
* Anderson Island
* Bakken – Wright Bison Drive
* Besant Midden
* Brockelbank Hill
* Christopher Lake
* Fort Black
* Glen Ewen Burial Mound
* Grasslands Protected Area
* Gray Archaeological Site
*
Great Sandhills Ecological Reserve
The Great Sand Hills, also spelt Great Sandhills, are sand dunes in the south-west region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The Great Sand Hills are the second largest active dunes in Saskatchewan, after Athabasca Sand Dunes, and are ...
* Gull Lake
* Harder Archaeological Site
* Hickson – Maribelli Lakes Pictographs
* Lemsford Ferry Tipi Rings
* Macdowall Bog
*
Massold Clay Canyons
* Matador Grasslands
*
Maurice Street Wildlife Sanctuary
*
Minton Turtle Effigy
*
Nipekamew Sand Cliffs
* Ogema Boulder Effigy
* Pine Island Trading Post
* Thomas Battersby
*
Valeport Wildlife Management Area
* Walter Felt Bison Drive
*
Waskwei River
National Wildlife Areas
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries
Nature Conservancy Canada properties
National Historic Sites
There are 49 National Historic Sites designated in Saskatchewan, 10 of which are administered by
Parks Canada
Parks Canada (PC; french: Parcs Canada),Parks Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Parks Canada Agency (). is the agency of the Government of Canada which manages the country's 48 National Parks, th ...
.
See also
*
List of nature centres in Saskatchewan
*
List of Canadian protected areas
This is a list of all provincial/territorial parks and other provincial/territorial protected areas in Canada.
Alberta
Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas are managed by Alberta Parks and Alberta Government's ministry of Alberta ...
*
List of National Parks of Canada
References
External links
*
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries
{{Authority control
*
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...
Environment of Saskatchewan
Protected areas
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...