Provincial and National Parks
See also: List of Canadian provincial parks#SaskatchewanSaskatchewan has 34 provincial parks that provide for recreational use or preserve wilderness, special environments or sites of historic importance.
The province is also home to two of Canada's 36 National Parks. Grasslands National Park, which covers 907 square kilometres (350 sq mi) in southernmost part of the province, was established in 1981. The other is Prince Albert National Park covering 3,874 square kilometres (1,496 sq mi) in central Saskatchewan, which was established in 1927.
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