This is a list of provincial parks in Manitoba, Canada. Manitoba's provincial parks are maintained by the Department of Natural Resources and Northern Development (previously by Manitoba Environment and Climate), a department of the Government of Manitoba.The Provincial Parks Act, C.C.S.M. c. P20 (enacted by SM 1993, c. 39). Retrieved 2023-05-22.
Manitoba's parks are classified into one of the following types, as distinguished by the Provincial Parks Act: Wilderness, Natural, Recreation, and Heritage.
Provincial Parks Act The Provincial Parks Act is the key document outlining the management of Manitoba's provincial parks.
This legislation provides for parks to be dedicated for three purposes:The Provincial Parks Act, C.C.S.M. c. P20 (enacted by SM 1993, c. 39). Retrieved 2023-05-22.
The legislation distinguishes several types of park, and each provincial park must be classified as one of these types:
Wilderness, "if the main purpose of the designation is to preserve representative areas of a natural region;" Natural, "if the main purpose of the designation is both to preserve areas of a natural region and to accommodate a diversity of recreational opportunities and resource uses;" Recreation, "if the main purpose of the designation is to provide recreational opportunities;" Heritage, "if the main purpose of the designation is to preserve an area of land containing a resource or resources of cultural or heritage value;" and "any other type of provincial park that may be specified in the regulation."
List of provincial parks NameRegionEst.AreaTypeType and PictureCoordinates Asessippi Provincial Park Parkland 1964 Natural Atikaki Provincial Park Eastman 1985 Wilderness Bakers Narrows Provincial Park Northern 1961 Recreational Beaudry Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg) 1974 Natural Beaver Creek Provincial Park Interlake 1961 Recreational Bell Lake Provincial Park Northern 1974 Recreational Birch Island Provincial Park Parkland 2010 Natural Birch Point Provincial Park Eastman1961 Recreational Birds Hill Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg)1964 Natural Burge Lake Provincial Park Northern 1961 Recreational Camp Morton Provincial Park Interlake1974 Recreational Caribou River Provincial Park Northern1994 Wilderness Chitek Lake Anishinaabe Provincial Park Parkland 2014 Indigenous Traditional Use Clearwater Lake Provincial Park Northern1962 Natural Colvin Lake Provincial Park Northern 2010 Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park Westman2004 Heritage Duck Mountain Provincial Park Parkland1961Natural Duff Roblin Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg)2008Heritage Elk Island Provincial Park Eastman1974Natural Fisher Bay Provincial Park Interlake 2011 Goose Islands Provincial Park Interlake 2017 Natural Grand Beach Provincial Park Interlake1961Natural Grand Rapids Provincial Park Northern1974 Recreational Grand Valley Provincial Park Westman1961Recreational Grass River Provincial Park Northern1962Natural Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park Interlake1969Natural Hnausa Beach Provincial Park Interlake1961Recreational Hyland Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg)1976Recreational Kettle Stones Provincial Park Parkland1997Natural Kinwow Bay Provincial Park Interlake 2015 Lake St. Andrew Provincial Park Interlake1974Recreational Lake St. George Provincial Park Interlake1974Recreational Little Limestone Lake Provincial Park Northern 2011 Lockport Provincial Park Interlake1997Heritage Lundar Beach Provincial Park Interlake1961Recreational Manigotagan River Provincial Park Eastman2004Natural Manipogo Provincial Park Interlake1961Recreational Marchand Provincial Park Eastman1974Recreational Margaret Bruce Provincial Park Parkland1961Recreational Memorial Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg)1965Heritage Moose Lake Provincial Park Eastman1961Recreational Neso Lake Provincial Park Northern1974 Recreational Netley Creek Provincial Park Interlake1974 Recreational Nopiming Provincial Park Eastman1976Natural Norris Lake Provincial Park Interlake1974Recreational North Steeprock Lake Provincial Park Northern1997Recreational Nueltin Lake Provincial Park Northern2010 Numaykoos Lake Provincial Park Northern1995Wilderness Oak Lake Provincial Park Westman1961Recreational Overflowing River Provincial Park Northern1961 Recreational Paint Lake Provincial Park Northern1971 Natural Patricia Beach Provincial Park Interlake1961Recreational Pembina Valley Provincial Park Pembina Valley2001Natural Pinawa Dam Provincial Park Eastman1985Heritage Pinawa Provincial Park Eastman1974Recreational Pisew Falls Provincial Park Northern1974 Recreational Poplar Bay Provincial Park Eastman1961Recreational Portage Spillway Provincial Park Central Plains1997Recreational Primrose Provincial Park Parkland1974Recreational Rainbow Beach Provincial Park Parkland1961Recreational Red Deer River Provincial Park Northern1974 Recreational River Road Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg)1997Recreational Rivers Provincial Park Westman1961Recreational Rocky Lake Provincial Park Northern1961 Recreational Sand Lakes Provincial Park Northern1995Wilderness Sasagiu Rapids Provincial Park Northern1974 Recreational Seton Provincial Park Westman1974 Recreational South Atikaki Provincial Park Eastman1997Natural Springwater Provincial Park Parkland1964Recreational Spruce Woods Provincial Park Westman1964Natural St. Ambroise Beach Provincial Park Central Plains1961Recreational St. Malo Provincial Park Eastman1961Recreational St. Norbert Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg)1976 Stephenfield Provincial Park Central Plains1971Recreational Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park Interlake2015 Swan River Provincial Park Parkland1974Recreational Trappist Monastery Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg) 2002Heritage Turtle Mountain Provincial Park Westman1961Natural Twin Lakes Provincial Park Northern1974 Recreational Upper Fort Garry Heritage Provincial Park Central (Winnipeg) 2014 Wallace Lake Provincial Park Eastman1961Recreational Watchorn Provincial Park Interlake 1962Recreational Wekusko Falls Provincial Park Northern1974 Recreational Whitefish Lake Provincial Park Parkland1974Recreational Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park Eastman1974 Recreational Whiteshell Provincial Park Eastman1961Natural William Lake Provincial Park Westman1961Recreational Winnipeg Beach Provincial Park Interlake1968Recreational Woodridge Provincial Park Eastman1974Recreational Yellow Quill Provincial Park Central Plains1997Recreational Zed Lake Provincial Park Northern1961 Recreational
References
External links Parks and Protected Spaces in Manitoba