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Division of Parks
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The Division of Parks was established on April 1, 1972 with the creation of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. It assumed some of the responsibilities of the Outdoor Recreation Division of the Department of Lands and Forests.
The division oversaw the activities of the Park Planning Branch, Park Management Branch and Historic Sites Branch. It also managed a number of field offices around the province. On April 1, 1975, the Historic Sites Branch was moved to the jurisdiction of the new Ministry of Culture and Recreation.
On February 1, 1978, the Division of Parks was merged with the Division of Fish and Wildlife to form the new Outdoor Recreation Group. Within the new group, the Provincial Parks Branch assumed many of the responsibilities of the former branches in the Division of Parks.
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The Division of Parks was responsible for providing opportunities for a wide variety of outdoor recreation pursuits in Provincial and Historical Parks, Recreation areas, and on Crown land in Ontario.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1956- 1971
Ontario government telephone directories, 1971- 1973
Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Maintenance notes
Canadiana Authorities has a heading "Ontario. Division of Parks" which is meant to apply to both the later and earlier divisions of this name. However, require two headings and therefore the division has been subordinated to the Ministry name.
Archivist(s):
Nancy Martin, Susan McClure