Blackstrap Provincial Park

Blackstrap Provincial Park

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nearest_city =Saskatoon
lat_degrees = 51° | lat_minutes = 45
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long_degrees = 106
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governing_body = Saskatchewan Provincial Parks

BlackStrap Provincial Park is a conservation area with man made lake as well as a man made mountain; Blackstrap Ski Hill; is located east of Dundurn. Saskatchewan Highway 211 is approximately 7 km (4 mi.) long connecting Highway 11 near Dundurn to the main access road for Blackstrap Provincial Park and Township Road 330. Around km 6, there is a large slope that Highway 211 runs down. Directly after this slope is the bridge over the Blackstrap Reservoir, at the end of which is Highway 211's eastern terminus. In 1969, 1970 Mount Blackstrap was constructed to host the 1971 Canada Winter Games which were awarded to Saskatoon. The land used to create the mountain later became the reserve for Lake Blackstrap. [cite web
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title =Welcome to Dundurn, Saskatchewan, Canada
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] Fred Wilson, reeve of the Dundurn RM, Whitecap Dakota First Nation and surrounding municipalities in the area have shown support to convert the provincial park to a regional park. Development of the roadways, cabins, housing, camping would impart more financial aid to the park would be addressed by the communities. The operation of the ski hill for the year of 2007 was estimated at $465,000 by the provincial government. No private sector came forward to run the hill, and it was closed down. Provincial funding to Blackstrap Provincial Park has historically supported the ski hill operations only and the remainder of the park has deteriorated. Christine Tell, minister of Tourism, parks, culture and sport, and Van Isman, Tourism and parks deputy minister will update the provincial government's Blackstrap provincial park management plan to aim to make Blackstrap the best facility it can be. [Citation
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title =Regional Park status possible for Blackstrap Area municipalities would like to develop neglected facility: reeve
newspaper = The StarPhoenix
pages = A5
year = 2008
date = Saturday July 26, 2008
url = http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/
]

Activities include mountain biking, fishing, hiking, boating, wind sailing, cross country and downhill skiing and camping.

Location

Legal Land Description township 32- range 3-West of the 3rd Meridian

ee also

*Arm River-Watrous
*Blackstrap Ski Hill
*Dundurn, Saskatchewan
*List of Saskatchewan parks
*List of Canadian provincial parks
*Saskatchewan Highway 211
*Saskatchewan Highway 11

Footnotes

External links

*Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport .... [http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/Blackstrap Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport ...]


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