page_title: Kananaskis Country
section_title: Parks
hierarchical_section_title: Kananaskis Country / Recreation and tourism / Parks
caption_attribution_description: Extent of parks in Kananaskis Country, Alberta
context_page_description: Kananaskis Country is a park system situated to the west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The area is named for the Kananaskis River, which was named by John Palliser in 1858 after a Cree acquaintance.
context_section_description: Several parks and campgrounds and one ecological reserve are located within Kananaskis. These include:
  Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park
  Bow Valley Provincial Park
  Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park
  Bragg Creek Provincial Park
  Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
  Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park
  Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park
  Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
  Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve
  Sheep River Provincial Park
  Spray Valley Provincial Park
  Special areas within Kananaskis Country that are not formally designated as parks or ecological reserves include the Bow Corridor Area, the Elbow River Valley Area, Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area, the Highwood/Cataract Areas, Sentinel Provincial Recreation Area, Stoney Creek Provincial Recreation Area, Strawberry Provincial Recreation Area and the Sibbald Area (Sibbald Lake Provincial Recreation Area, Sibbald Meadows Pond Provincial Recreation Area).
caption: Extent and locations of parks in Kananaskis Country
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