This is a list of protected areas of Saskatchewan. Athbasca-Sand dunes

Big Bear at Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, in 1884

National parks

Provincial parks

The federal government 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, 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.

References

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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in 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 the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

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 ...