Ontario. Provincial Parks Council

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Provincial Parks Council

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Provincial Parks Council

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1974-1995

      History

      The Provincial Parks Council was formed in December, 1974 to monitor the implementation of the Algonquin Park Master Plan. It replaced Ontario's former Parks and Recreation Administration Committee. The Council consisted of seven members and reported to the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources. The Council was disbanded in 1995.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Provincial Parks Council was an independent council of Ontario citizens that advised, made recommendations and reported to the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources on matters the Minister referred to it regarding policy in the areas of planning, managing and developing the Ontario provincial parks system.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources (1972-2014)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA17

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources controls Ontario. Provincial Parks Council

      Dates of relationship

      1974-1995

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Parks and Recreation Administration Committee (1973-1974)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1465

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Parks and Recreation Administration Committee is the predecessor of Ontario. Provincial Parks Council

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1472

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Bell and Pascoe. The Ontario Government: Structure and Functions, 1988.

          Annual Reports of the Minister of Natural Resources, 1974-1991.

          Killan, Gerald. Protected Places: A History of Ontario's Provincial Parks System, 1993.

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana Authorities, 1999-12.


          Archivist(s):
          N. Martin, S. McClure