Slave River Rapids
Whooping Crane Nesting Habitat
#
126
#
125
#
123
#
Caribou Mountains Escarpment
#
Fort Vermilion Sand Hills
106
109
#
#
#
105
#
Richardson River Sand Hills
Richardson
River Active Sand Dunes
106
#
106
105
Paxton - Larocque Lakes
Harper Springs Natural Area
104
105
#
Wabasca River
Ronald Lake
104
Richardson Tower Lakes (also called Archer-Bowen-Brander Lakes)
#
103
#
102
103
102
101
2
107
#
Athabasca River - Tar Sands Reach
#
La Crete Sand Hills
108
Maybelle River Sand Hills
#
107
Wabasca Bison Range
103
3
109
Garden River Bison Range
108
Haig River
4
110
110
#
Unnamed Lake (T106 R05 S05 W6)
5
111
Old Fort Bay Dunes
Peace - Athabasca Rivers Delta
Lake Claire
102
6
112
Square Lake
111
Chinchaga River
7
Archibald Lake Dunes
113
Glacial Lake Berg
104
8
Lake Athabasca - South Shore
114
#
112
107
9
115
#
Bison Range
Peace River
#Jean D'Or Meadows
High Level Salt Meadows
Child Lake (Child Lake Salt Meadows Natural Area)
10
Egg Island Ecological Reserve
Sweetgrass Bison Range
108
11
#
#
Sweetgrass
113
109
Chinchaga Diversity Area
Lake Athabasca - North Shore/Fidler - Gray Willow Points
116
#
114
110
12
#
Lake Athabasca - Shelter - Sand Points
115
#
117
River
Pine Lake Bison Range
116
112
#
118
Garden River Bison Range
Margaret Lake (Boreal)
111
#
Wylie Lake
119
#
Caspian Tern
118
113
#
120
#
#Merryweather Lake
117
114
Hay River
121
La Butte Creek
119
Caribou Mountains Peat Plateau Bog
115
#
Colin Lake
Charles - Cornwall Lakes
#
120
#
Hay River
116
#
122
Stony Islands
Slave
118
#
#
121
117
#
#
#
Unnamed Lake (T121 R19 S32 W4)
Caribou Mountains Northern Ribbed Fens
Waugh Lake
123
Woodman - Alexander Lakes
#
Needle Lake Bison Range
#
119
#
Raup Lake Salt Plains
122
120
Zama Lake Ribbed Fen
Salt River Salt Plains
123
121
Hay - Zama Lakes Complex
#
124
Leland - Tulip Lakes
124
Hay River
122
Bistcho Lake
125
Brine Creek Salt Plain
125
Cameron Hills Glacial Flutings
#
126
Salt River
Needle Lake Bison Range
Kilome Lake Complex
124
Bistcho Lake Peat Plateau Bog
#
126
Lessard Creek Peat Plateau Bog
Wadlin Lake
100
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
101
#
11
10
9
99
8
#
7
6
5
3
4
#
99
Wabasca River
#
McClelland Lake Sinkholes
98
#
Eymundson Sinkholes
98
Cache Creek - Wolverine Sand Hills
#
#
Firebag River
#
McClelland Lake
97
97
96
McClelland Lake Fen
96
96
#
95
94
Russell Lake
#
Peace River
93
Whitemud River Diversity Area
#
Haig Lake
#
90
93
#
91
Gods Lake
#
Flood Lake
86
Gerry Lake
#
#
88
#
86
#
#
#
Athabasca River - Rapids Reach
85
Peace River
#
Trout River Delta
81
Peace River - Dunvegan
#
Pouce Coupe River
Utikumasis Lake
83
82
#
#
Smoky River
78
Kakut Lake
Albright Lake
Goodfare Lake
Hume - Steeprock Creeks
Bisbing Lake
Graham Creek
Unnamed Lake Complex (T71 R12 S29 W6)
Beavertail Creek - Lower Reach
Fowell Lake Complex
Beavertail Creek - Upper Reach
Kamisak Lake
Unnamed Lake Complex (T71 R12 S07 W6)
Redwillow River
Lattice Creek
#
Smoky River
Windsor Creek
#
#
#
Wapiti River
67
Cutbank River
Cutbank River
#
#
66
#
12
11
#
10
#
#
#
Little Smoky River
Snipe Lake
#
#
8
7
6
5
4
3
Athabasca Sand Dune - Peatland Complex
Pembina River
66
#
Fort Assiniboine Horizontal Fen
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
#
58
Middle Berland River
18
Donald Creek Drainage
Donald Creek Drainage
#
#
#
#
64
#
#
White Earth Natural Area
#
Athabasca River - Whitecourt - Vega
17
#
Athabasca River - Whitecourt - Vega
16
15
14
13
12
11
#
# 10
9
8
7
#
61
5
3
4
#18Smoky Lake
19
20
#
Upper Pinto Creek
51
#
#
Whitford - Rush Lakes
#
McLeod River Headwaters
Cardinal River Headwaters
Buck Lake
North Saskatchewan River - Drayton Valley
#
Marshybank Ecological Reserve
50
Ministik Lake
# 47
#
#
#
Coal Lake
46
#
Samson Lake
#
#
Gull Lake
Wapiabi Creek
Crimson - Louis Lake Wetlands
#
#
#
#
#
#
Battle River - Camp Wainwright
#
#
#
White Goat Lakes
Kootenay Plains
Delburne Wetlands
37
#
#
#
Ram River
#
Battle River - Brownfield
Paintearth
#
Burnstick Lake
Mudspring Lake
## #
#
Tolman Badlands
#
Rumsey South
#
# #
28
Irricana Reservoir
#
27
#
Exshaw/Grotto Mountain
#
#
West Bow Flats
Wind Valley #
Grassi Lakes
#
#
Sarcee (Tsuu Tina) Reserve
23
Janet Sloughs
Environmentally Significant Areas
7
5
6
Sheep River
#
Okotoks Erratic
3
4
#
Sloughs
#
#
29
28
25
26
27
23
24
19
20
21
22
18
17
#16
#
#
#
Whaleback
120
Kilometers
#
#
Chapel Butte
Crowsnest Volcanics
##
Dry Canyon
#
National
#
Lower Belly River
#
7
Oldman River - Brocket
6
#
#
Lynch Lakes
3
Cloudy Ridge
Dungarvan Wetlands
#
##
#
Upper St. Mary River
#
Carway Iris
#
Pine Ridge
Birdseye Butte Pond
#
# #
#
#
#
#
9
Red Rock Coulee
7
#
6
Pakowki Lake
#
#
#
#
McAlpine Creek
8
Cypress Hills
#
Eagle Butte
5
#
Tyrell-Rush Lakes
#
#
10
#
#
Murray Lake
Grassy Lake Wetlands
Etzikom Coulee
#
#
Purple Springs Dunes
#
Ross Creek
#
South Saskatchewan River - Medicine Hat West
Eagle Butte
#
#
Many Island Lake
#
11
#
Stirling Lake
Milk River Ridge - Northwest
#
#
Oldman River - Lethbridge East
#
#
13
12
#
Milk River Ridge Reservoir
St. Mary Reservoir
4
Margaret Lake (Pincher Creek Area)
#
14
Medicine Hat
Forty Mile Coulee Reservoir
#
#
#
#
5
Beauvais Lake Provincial Park
#
15
Fincastle Lake
Oldman Section
#
16
South Saskatchewan River - Medicine Hat North
Chappice - Sam Lakes
Taber Lake
Lethbridge
Lower St. Mary River
Glenwoodville Erratic
Horseshoe Lake (M.D. of Pincher Creek)
Provincial
#
#
Kipp Section
17
South Saskatchewan Canyon
#
Bow River - Hays
#
Lower Bow Dunes
Oldman River - Macleod
8
#
#
Oldman River - Lethbridge East
#
#
#
Wolf Island Dunes
#
#
Bluestem
#
Oldman River - Macleod
Frank Slide
Crowsnest River
Scabby Butte
#
9
Kylo Hill - Mount Backus
International
#
Bluestem
10
##
#
Crowsnest Spring
Porcupine Hills
#
#
Rock - Cow Creek Wetlands
Connelly Creek Ridges
#
18
Middle
Sand Hills
Little Rolling Hills
#
Hays Reservoir
Keho Lake
12
11
Todd Creek Ridge
Level of Significance
#
Oldman River - Porcupine Hills
19
Suffield
Kininvie
#
#
Little Bow Reservoir
Canon Coulee
60
#
#
Travers Reservoir
13
20
2
3
4
5
6
7
#
#
Red Deer River - Bindloss/Empress Terraces
Remount
21
#
8
#
#
15
Meinsinger Lake
#
Jenner Moraine
9
Louisiana Lakes
Lake Newell
Bow River - Bow City/Scandia
0
12
Dinosaur
Bow River - Majorville
14
60
13
14
15
Red Deer River - Jenner
Jenner Springs
10
11
Empress Creek
Red Deer River - Alkali Creek/Dune Point
#
Majorville
#
16
#
Excluding the Rocky Mountain Natural Region
#
23
22
#
#
#
Lathom - San Francisco Lakes
17
#
25
#
Coulee Ridges
Pekisko Creek
Alkali Creek Moraine
24
#
#
Frank Lake (Calgary Area)
#
27
#
Namaka - Stobart Lakes
19
Highwood - Pekisko Upland
28
Alkali Creek Moraine
#
18
of Alberta
Sounding Creek Native Prairie
26
#
20
2
Esther/Douglas Lake Native Prairie
Lafine White-tailed Deer Habitat
Native Prairie (Major Lake)
Red Deer River - Finnegan/Steveville Terraces
21
8
#
30
Sounding Creek Native Prairie
29
#
#
22
Bow River - Calgary
to Siksika Reserve
9
32
31
#
#
Calgary
Janet
24
#
Esther/Douglas Lake Native Prairie
Jenner Moraine
25
Bow Valley Provincial Park
#
Grassy Island Lake
Little Fish Lake
26
Yamnuska
Muddy Buttes Badlands
Grassy Island Native Prairie
33
Kirkpatrick Native Prairie
#
#
Wintering Hills
Bodo
34
Hand Hills Fescue
Big Hill Creek
Greenlee Lake
35
#
#
#
#
Plover Lake
# Hand Hills Lake
#
#Coleman Lake
#
Hand Hills
Willow Creek
#
Dowling Lake
Native Prairie (Brostem Reservoir)
29
#
#
Youngstown Aspen Groveland
Mudspring Lake
30
Beaverdam Creek
Youngstown Aspen Groveland
Chain - Farrell Lakes
Sounding Dunes
36
#
#
#
Antelope Lake
31
37
#
#
#
Horseshoe Lake (M.D. of Provost)
Unnamed Lake (South of Sunken Lake)
Sounding Dunes
Sounding Lake
Brent Lake
32
#
#
Gooseberry Lake
Muddy Buttes
#
Dunes
Metiskow Lake
Grassy Island Native Prairie
#
Lakes (Hughenden)
Gillespie Lake
Sounding
39
# # Neutral Hills
#
Middle Lakes
Kirkpatrick Lake
Cluster of Unnamed
40
38
Sounding
Dunes
Ensleigh Lakes
Rumsey North
Upper Red Deer River
Sounding Dunes
#
#
Sullivan Lake
#
34
33
41
#
Ribstone Creek - Nose Hill
#
Gough Lake
#
Killarney/Dillberry/Leane Lake Complex
Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve
#
# #
#
#
Lanes Lake
Marion - Shooting Lake Wetlands
#
44
Edgerton Dunes
42
#
#
#
#
#
# #
Mikwan - Goosequill - Hummock Lakes
#
#
Lake
43
# #Cipher
#
Reflex Lake
# Edgerton Dunes Ribstone Creek - Edgerton
#
#
Battle River - Marsden
45
Ribstone Lake
Silver Heights (wetlands only)
#
#
Willow Lake
#
Sunken Lake
#
#
Ewing Lake
#
#
#
#
Lowden Wetlands
Pine Lake
35
#
Clearwater River (foothills)
#
#
36
Raven River
48
Clarke Lake
#
Ribstone Creek - Camp Wainwright
Battle River - Bigknife
#
#
#
Peter's Pond
Delburne Wetlands
#
46
Wainwright Base
Erskine Lake
Lousana Canyon
38
Cow Lake
49
Earlie Lake
#
Bellshill Lake
Buffalo Lake
Wood Lake (Red Deer Area)
Ram River
##
#
Baxter Lake
Wavy Lake
#
Gull Lake
39
#
North Ram River
Kenilworth Lake
50
47
40
Shunda Creek
Upper North Saskatchewan River
#
41
#
Battle River - Wainwright
Red Deer Lake
#
52
#
Bittern Lake
Edberg Slough
#
53
Big Hay Lake
42
#
54
Vermilion Lakes
Albert Lake
# Battle River - Driedmeat Lake
44
Dick Lake
#
Hastings Lake
43
Blackstone River
55
Beaverhill Lake
Bearhills Lake
45
#
Watt Lake
#
# Miquelon Lake
#
Battle Lake
#
56
North Saskatchewan River - Elk Point
Vermilion Lake - Vermilion Provincial Park
#
49
Pigeon Lake
Lake
# Frog 57
Lac Canard
51
#
#
51
48
#
#
#
North Saskatchewan River - Genessee - Drayton Valley
#
#
Red Cap
59
Muriel Lake
Plain Lake
North Saskatchewan River - Edmonton
Coyote Lake Natural Area
Pembina River
Pembina River
#
# Edmonton
Genessee Natural Area
#
#
#
#
#
Elk Island National Park
#
Blackfoot Grazing Reserve
Wagner Natural Area
52
Cooking Lake
#
#
#
#
#
53
North Saskatchewan River - Genessee - Drayton Valley
60
# Reita Lake
Pointe-Aux-Pins Soapholes
Big Lake
#
Wabamun Lake
Coal Valley Highland
#
#
54
#
#
#
61
2
3
4
5
6
Duck Lake
# #
#
55
#
Whitehorse Creek
Edward Lake
58
#
Manawan (Egg) Lake
Glory Hills
Cold Lake
63
62
7
8
9
10
Lac St. Anne
#
Chip Lake
Brule Lake
#
# Forsyth Lake
# # Charlotte Lake
56
Lower Wildhay River
#
Solomon - Ice Water - Paradise Creeks
Harold Lake
McCullough Lake
Lac Brosseau
#57
Arthur Lake
53
52
#
Cache Lake
George Lake
Donald Creek Drainage
#
#11
#
64
#
Maloney Lake
Lac Sante
#
54
Ironwood Lake
#
56
55
Lower Pinto Creek
65
#
#
Jessie Lake
12
13
14
15
16
17
Wakomao Lake
59
Athabasca River - Foothills
#
21
22
23
24
25
26
60
2
Wolf Lake
Bunder Lake
Reed Lake
Holmes Crossing Sand Hills
6
#
Primrose Lake South Basin
66
Seibert Lake
#
# Frenchman Lake
#
#
Rich Lake
#
Manatokan Lake
Kerr Lake
#
Stebbing Lake
Amisk Valley
#
67
Spencer Lake
Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area
Bleak Lake Wetlands
63
#
#
Lakeland Provincial Park
Amisk Lake
58
#
#
57
Berland River - Hendrickson Creek
Flat Lake
Amisk Valley
Berland River - Donald Flats
#
#
#
Steele Lake
#
68
Sand River
#
#
#
62
Little Smoky River
59
#
65
Erickson Lake
#
#
26
#
#
#
67
Raspberry Lake
60
69
Touchwood Lake
Beaver Lake
#
#
#
Little Smoky Caribou Range
Muskeg - Little Smoky Rivers
Swan Hills Plateau Remnant
#
Crooked Lake
Tony Creek
70
#
Lac La Biche
Freeman River
61
2
71
#
69
#
72
Heart Lake
#
Athabasca River - Pembina Reach
70
Iosegun River
73
Winefred/Grist Watershed
Grist Lake
Lac La Biche Peatlands
#
Kakwa River
9
Calling Lake
#
71
Little Smoky - Iosegun Natural Area
74
72
Lesser Slave River
Tufa-Unusual Wetland Feature
62
Simonette River
#
Lake
#
73
#
64
Cutbank River
#
#
Moose Lake
63
13
74
Fawcett
#
#
#
Orloff Lake
Lesser Slave Lake
75
Grist Lake
Athabasca River - Pembina Reach
75
Little Smoky River
65
#
#
Lesser Slave Lake Horizontal Fen
#
Winefred/Grist Watershed
68
Jackfish Lake
#
Unnamed Lakes (T68 R11 S27 W6)
Narraway River
#
Stony Creek Moose and Grizzly Range
Nose Creek
76
76
#
Grassy Lake
#
77
Winefred Lake
77
Marten Mountain
#
#
Unnamed Lake (T67 R26 S03 W5)
#
#
Pelican Lake
Goose - Wallace Mountain
68
Side Lake
Unnamed Lake (T67 R01 S10 W6)
78
#
Crow Lake Diversity Area
Buffalo Bay/Horse Lakes
Pinto Creek Elk Range
#
78
#
#
69
#
#
Winagami Lake/South Heart River
#
#
79
#
Wabasca River - Wabasca Lake
North Shore Moose Area
75
#
Little Smoky River
# Valhalla Lake #
Buffalo Lake Complex
#
#
#
74
#
# Puskwaskau River
#
Kleskun Lake
Lake La Glace Lake
# Bush (Wilkin)
#
Clairmount Lake
#
73
##
#
Kleskun Hill
##
# Yoke Lake
#
Ferguson Lake
# # # # Saskatoon Lake # #
72
Clairmount Lake
# #
Bear Lake
#
Unnamed Lakes (T71 R24 S32 W5) #
#
# #
Flyingshot Lake
Wood
Lake
(Parkland)
71
#
McNaught Lake
Flyingshot Lake (SW)
Grande
# Prairie
Twin Lakes
#
# Sturgeon Lake
70
#
Pipestone Creek Bear River Sandhills
Wolfe Lake
80
#
79
South Wabasca
Lake
#
81
Parallel Creek Peatland
80
#
Nipisi Lake
#
Rat Lake
#
Redwillow River Grizzly Range
#
76
Sinclair (Brainard) Lake
Weaver Lake
Kimiwan Lake
#
#
77
#
Dickson Lake Complex
#
#
Pouce Coupe River
#
81
Utikuma Lake
Frank Lake (Peace River Area)
#
North Wabasca Lake
Lac Magloire
80
79
Horse Lake (East)
Lower Christina River
Egg Lake - Algar Lake Diversity Area
82
Unnamed Lake Complex (T72 R13 S33 W6)
84
#
84
Godin Lake
Chain Lakes
Gipsy Lake
83
#
Preston Lake
86
85
Birch Lake
83
82
#
# #
#
Ray Lake
#
87
#
#
Lubicon Lake
Representative Area #89
Keeping Lake Complex
Gordon Lake
87
#
84
89
Schultz's Bog Diversity Area
Cadotte Lake
85
Cardinal Lake
#
90
#
88
#
#
91
Clearwater River (ne Alberta)
Upper Wabasca River
90
Peerless/Graham Lake Watershed
Pluvius Lake
#
Athabasca River - Tar Sands Reach
92
89
87
High Hill River
Sawn Lake
88
#
92
#
Wabasca River (Canyon)
#
89
Clear River Moose Range
93
#La Saline Springs Natural Area
Ells River
#
South Notikewin/Deadwood Caribou Range
91
94
Representative Area #84
92
94
#
Birch Mountains Diversity Area
#
#
95
#
Firebag River
95
Marguerite River Dissected Kame
99
98
97
#
100
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Area
14
Mountains
Diversity
16 15
17
18Birch
19
20
21
22
23
24
100
2
101
Crag and Tail
Manyberries Creek Badlands
4
3
Verdigris Coulee
Milk River Section
#
Sage Creek
2
#
#
Writing-on-Stone
#
#
#
#
#
1
1
Milk River Canyon
Manyberries Creek Badlands
Deer Creek
Mokowan Butte
Paine - Beaverdam
Lower Sweetgrass Hills
Lee Creek Ponds
Milk River Ridge - Northeast Slope
Police Outpost
Milk River - Pakowki/Pinhorn
Milk River - Breed Creek
Twin River Valley
North Fork Milk River A
Milk River Ridge - Northeast
Ross Lake Unglaciated
Milk River Ridge - Unglaciated
View or download the file "esa_ab_vol2.pdf" for site descriptions and "esa_ab_vol1"
for information about Environmentally Significant Areas in general.
The files are located at (http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/parks/anhic/esa.html)
Produced November14 2001, by Parks and Protected Areas Division, Alberta Community Development.
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