Brown-Lowery Provincial Park

Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
	Brown-Lowery Provincial Park in May 2020
	Location of Brown-Lowery Provincial Park in Alberta
Location	County of Foothills Foothills No. 31, Alberta
Nearest city	Turner Valley
Coordinates	50°48′50″N 114°25′50″W / 50.81389°N 114.43056°W
Area	3 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Established	October 29, 1992
Named for	Robert Brown Sr.; James R. Lowery;
Governing body	Alberta Forests and Parks

Brown-Lowery Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada. It is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of Turner Valley and 49 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of Calgary. It is situated east from Alberta's Rocky Mountains.

Brown-Lowery has an area of 3 km² (1.2 sq mi) and is situated at an elevation of 1,370 m (4,490 ft). It was established on October 29, 1992, and is maintained by Alberta Forestry and Parks.

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 this provincial park.^[1]

References

^ Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Activities in Brown-Lowery Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-15.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Alberta Community Development. "Brown-Lowery Provincial Park". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2007-07-13.

[1] Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Activities in Brown-Lowery Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-15.^{[permanent dead link]}

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