Peter Lougheed Provincial Park

Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is a major protected mountain landscape in Kananaskis Country in Alberta’s Rockies, encompassing the Kananaskis Lakes and ranking among the province’s largest parks. Long before European contact, it formed part of the homelands and travel routes of several Indigenous Peoples. Once partly within Rocky Mountains National Park, the area later passed to Alberta, saw some development including hydroelectric dams, and was established as a large protected park in 1978 after public support and advocacy from Bill Milne and Clarence Copithorne. Renamed for Premier Peter Lougheed in 1986, it is now a leading recreation and wildlife destination known for campgrounds, trails, and noted backpacking routes.

Alberta · Canada