provincial parks
Regional nature preserves
Provincial parks are protected natural areas established and managed by a province or regional government, as distinct from national parks run by a federal government.
In Canada, provincial parks preserve wilderness, wildlife habitat, and recreational lands: We camped at Algonquin Provincial Park last summer.
They range from small day-use areas to vast wilderness preserves.
- campgroundsDesignated outdoor lodging areas
- tent siteDesignated camping spot
- backcountry campingOvernight stays in undeveloped areas
- lakesLarge inland water bodies
- hiking trailsRecreational walking routes outdoors
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- Canadian GeographyAlberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland
- Canadian outdoorscanoeing, Banff, Jasper, Rockies, wilderness camping
- Provincial Governmentpremier, legislature, legislative assembly, ministers, cabinet minister
- lake countryLake District, Finnish Lakeland, lake, pond, tarn
- Saskatchewan HistorySaskatoon, NDP, grain elevators, homesteading, prairie settlement
- Laurentiansski resorts, chalets, cottage country, Piedmont, Mont-Saint-Michel
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Protected natural areas
municipal parks · city parks · national forests · national monuments · local parks
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Areas designated for manufacturing
commercial districts · urban development · mining sites · oil fields · strip malls