Parks and Protected Areas of Alberta

Parks and Protected Areas of Alberta The Parks and Protected Areas dataset contains Parks and Protected Area boundaries for sites administered by the Government of Alberta. National parks, because of their similar intent, are also included. GIS line work representing provincial park/protected area boundaries has been interpreted from written legal descriptions appended to Orders-in-Council granted Royal Assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. In case of discrepancy between the GIS data and the written legal description, the written legal description shall take precedence. The Government of Canada is the authoritative source for GIS boundaries of National Parks. National Park boundaries are included herein for reference, only. GIS line work representing National Park boundaries has been interpreted from written legal descriptions within Schedule 1 of the Canada National Parks Act, and adapted to align with the Alberta Provincial Base Features/Foundational Data collection. Defining document is Canada National Parks Act, Statues of Canada 2000, Chapter 32, Assented to 20th October, 2000. In case of discrepancy between the GIS data and the written legal description, the written legal description shall take precedence. Please note that this dataset replaces the following datasets: Ecological Reserve, Heritage Rangeland, National Park, Natural Area, Provincial Park, Provincial Recreation Area, Wilderness Area, Wilderness Park, and Wildland Park. 2024-05-02 Government of Alberta AEP.Parks.GIS@gov.ab.ca Society and Culture-CANADAALBERTABOUNDARIESECOLOGICAL-RESERVEENVIRONMENTHERITAGE-RANGELANDNATIONAL-PARKNATURAL-AREAPARKSPROTECTED-AREAPROVINCIAL-PARKPROVINCIAL-RECREATION-AREASOCIETYWILDERNESS-AREAWILDERNESS-PARKWILDLAND-PARKGovernment information boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta (FeatureServer) (From Alberta Geodiscorver Portal metadata)ESRI REST https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta/FeatureServer boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta (FeatureServer) (From Alberta Geodiscorver Portal metadata)ESRI REST https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta/FeatureServer boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta (MapServer) (From Alberta Geodiscorver Portal metadata)ESRI REST https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta/MapServer boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta (MapServer) (From Alberta Geodiscorver Portal metadata)ESRI REST https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta/MapServer Parks and Protected Areas of Alberta - (HTML)HTML https://geodiscover.alberta.ca/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/0d1ac1474eba42fe9444a42a23a4ea1b/html Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata)HTML https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/936b1a57-c7de-4f42-b032-5d97bc541fe6 Parks and Protected Areas of Alberta - (KML)WMS https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/services/boundary/parks_protected_areas_alberta/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

The Parks and Protected Areas dataset contains Parks and Protected Area boundaries for sites administered by the Government of Alberta. National parks, because of their similar intent, are also included. GIS line work representing provincial park/protected area boundaries has been interpreted from written legal descriptions appended to Orders-in-Council granted Royal Assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. In case of discrepancy between the GIS data and the written legal description, the written legal description shall take precedence. The Government of Canada is the authoritative source for GIS boundaries of National Parks. National Park boundaries are included herein for reference, only. GIS line work representing National Park boundaries has been interpreted from written legal descriptions within Schedule 1 of the Canada National Parks Act, and adapted to align with the Alberta Provincial Base Features/Foundational Data collection. Defining document is Canada National Parks Act, Statues of Canada 2000, Chapter 32, Assented to 20th October, 2000. In case of discrepancy between the GIS data and the written legal description, the written legal description shall take precedence. Please note that this dataset replaces the following datasets: Ecological Reserve, Heritage Rangeland, National Park, Natural Area, Provincial Park, Provincial Recreation Area, Wilderness Area, Wilderness Park, and Wildland Park.

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