Brown-Lowery Provincial Park

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name = Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
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caption = Location of Brown-Lowery Provincial Park in Alberta
locator_x = 142
locator_y = 228
location = Canada
nearest_city = Turner Valley
lat_degrees = 50
lat_minutes = 48
lat_seconds = 58
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 114
long_minutes = 26
long_seconds = 4
long_direction = W
area = km2 to mi2|3|abbr=yes
established = October 29, 1992
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governing_body = Alberta Community Development

Brown-Lowery is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada. It is located km to mi|27 northwest of Turner Valley and km to mi|49 south-west of Calgary.

The park has a surface of km2 to mi2|3|abbr=yes and is situated at an elevation of m to ft|1370|abbr=yes. It was established on October 29, 1992 and is maintained by Alberta Community Development.

According to the plaque located at the park entrance: "This natural landscape was donated to the people of Alberta in 1969, by Home Oil Company Limited in memory of its founders Robert Brown Sr. and Major James Robert Lowery. Both men were pioneers of Alberta's oil industry and took part in the early development of the Turner Valley oil field.

Robert Brown, Sr., who has been called the father of the Alberta oil industry, had numerous successes in the Turner Valley Field dating back to 1914. He amalgamated his many interests into Federated Petroleum in 1940. Major Lowery founded Home Oil on July 10, 192? and completed his first successful well, Home Oil No. 1, in 1928. The two companies were merged in 1951 to form Home Oil Company Limited, which to this day continues to be actively involved in the Turner Valley area."

Activities

Front country hiking and wildlife viewing are popular activities in the park. [Cite web| author=Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture| url=http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteactivities.aspx?id=16| title= Activities in Brown-Lowery Provincial Park |accessdate=2007-07-15]

ee also

*List of Alberta provincial parks
*List of Canadian provincial parks
*List of National Parks of Canada

References

External links

*Cite web| author=Alberta Community Development| url=http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteinformation.aspx?id=16| title= Brown-Lowery Provincial Park |accessdate=2007-07-13

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