Provincial historic sites of Alberta

Summary

Alberta Cities

Provincial historic sites of Alberta

Provincial historic sites of Alberta are museums and historic sites run by the Government of Alberta.[1]

Frank Slide, Turtle Mountain, Alberta, Canada
Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Some of the displays inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
Home Grain Co. wooden cribbed elevator at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

Only sites owned by the provincial government and run as a functioning historic site or museum are known as Provincial Historic Sites. Buildings and sites owned by private citizens and companies or other levels or branches of government may gain one of two levels of historic designation, "Registered Historic Resource" or "Provincial Historic Resource".[2] A concentration of several heritage buildings can be designated a "Provincial Historic Area", and there are two such areas in Alberta: downtown Fort Macleod and Edmonton's Old Strathcona. Historic designation in Alberta is governed by the Historic Resources Act.[3] The province also lists buildings deemed historically significant by municipal governments on the Alberta Register of Historic Places, which is also part of the larger Canadian Register of Historic Places although this does not imply provincial or federal government status or protection.[4] The Alberta Main Street Program helps to preserve historic buildings in the downtowns of smaller communities.[5] The Heritage Survey Program is a survey of 80,000 historic buildings in Alberta, with no protective status.[6]

List of provincial historic sites of Alberta edit

The official list as per the government of Alberta is:[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. "Museums and Historic Sites". Retrieved 2008-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Alberta's Historic Places Designation Program". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ Alberta Queen's Printer
  4. ^ Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Alberta's Historic Places Designation Program - Municipal Historic Resource Designation Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The Alberta Main Street Program Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Alberta Culture and Community Spirit – Historic Resources Management – Historic Places Stewardship Section – Heritage Survey Program Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Culture and Status of Women".

External links edit

For a partial list of privately owned buildings or other sites that are designated as "Provincial Historic Resources" see:

  • Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture - List of Historic Resources Designated in 2001
  • List of Historic Resources Designated in 2002