Kazan Wildland Provincial Park
Alberta, Canada
Kazan Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northern Alberta, Canada. It was established on 14 May 2018 and is a large park with an area of 659,397 hectares (2, 546 mi2). This park contains large lakes, sand deposits, wetlands and bedrock outcrops. It is reported to contain rare plants within its unique south facing grasslands. As of January 2023, Kazan is the largest park under Alberta provincial authority (Banff, Jasper, and Wood Buffalo National Parks are larger but are under federal authority). The park was initiated by and is contained in the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan Land Use Framework in August 2012. Two smaller parks, La Butte Creek and Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Provincial Parks, were disestablished and incorporated into Kazan.
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