Castle Wildland Provincial Park

Castle Wildland Provincial Park is a protected mountain landscape in southern Alberta along the British Columbia border, established in 2017 after decades of efforts to secure stronger protection for the Castle headwaters. Long before European settlement, Blackfoot, Piegan, and Blood peoples used the area for hunting, fishing, gathering, and ceremony. The landscape passed through several management regimes, from Waterton Dominion Park to a provincial game reserve, before logging, mining, and oil and gas development spread roads across it. Part of the Crown of the Continent ecosystem, it contains vital Oldman River headwaters, diverse mountain environments, glacially shaped terrain, and ancient Precambrian stromatolite fossils.

Alberta · Canada