First Nations within the major forest regions of Alberta

Map Label

Band Name Associated Reserves

1 Alexander Band Alexander 134

2 Alexis Band Alexis 133

4 Beaver Lake Band Blue Quills First Nation Indian Reserve

6 Blood Band Blood 148

7 Chiniki Band Eden Valley 216, Stoney 142B

13 Enoch Band Stony Plain 135 and 135A

14 Ermineskin Band Ermineskin 138

18 Frog Lake Band Puskiakiwenin 122, Unipouheos 121

19 Grouard Band Kapawe'no First Nation 150B (Formerly Freeman 150B), 150C (Formerly Halcro 150C), 150D (Formerly Pakashan 150D), and 230 (Formerly Grouard 230)

23 Kapawe'no First Nation Kapawe'no First Nation No. 229 (Formerly Grouard 229)

27 Louis Bull Band Louis Bull 138B

28 Montana Band Montana 139, Pigeon Lake 138A

30 Onion Lake Makaoo I.R. 120

31 Paul Band Wabamun 133A and 133B

32 Piikani Nation (Peigan Band) Peigan Timber Limit 147B, Piikani Reserve No. 147

33 Saddle Lake Band (Saddle Lake) Saddle Lake 125

34 Samson Band Samson 137 and 137A

36 Siksika Nation Siksika 146

39 Sturgeon Lake Band Sturgeon Lake 154 and 154A

40 Sucker Creek Band Sucker Creek 150A

44 Tsuu T'ina Band Tsuu T'ina Nation 145

45 Wesley Band Stoney 142, 143, 144

Aspen Parkland - Grassland

Map Label

Band Name Associated Reserves

1 Alexander Band Alexander 134A (Fox Creek) And 134B

2 Alexis Band Alexis Elk River 233, Alexis Whitecourt 232

3 Beaver First Nation Band Boyer River 164, Child Lake 164A

4 Beaver Lake Band Beaver Lake 131

5 Bigstone Cree Band Jean Baptiste Gambler 183, Wabasca 166, 166A, 166B, 166C, 166D

7 Chiniki Band Stoney 142B

8 Cold Lake First Nations Band Cold Lake 149, 149A And 149B

9 Cree Band Allison Bay 219, Devil'S Gate 220, Dog Head 218, Old Fort 217 And Peace Point No.222

10 Dene Tha' Band Amber River 211, Bistcho Lake 213, Bushe River 207, Hay Lake 209, Jackfish Point 214, Upper Hay River 212, Zama Lake 210

11 Driftpile Band Drift Pile River 150

12 Duncan's Band Duncans 151A, William Mckenzie 151K

15 Fort Chipewyan Band Chipewyan 201, 201A, 201B, 201C, 201D, 201E, 201F, 201G

16 Fort McKay Band Fort Mckay 174, Namur Lake 174B, Namur River 174A

17 Fort McMurray Band Clearwater 175, Gregoire Lake 176, 176A, And 176B

18 Frog Lake Band Puskiakiwenin 122, Unipouheos 121

19 Grouard Band Kapawe'No First Nation No. 150D (Formerly Pakashan 150D)

20 Heart Lake Band Heart Lake 167 And 167A

21 Horse Lake Band Clear Hills 152C, Horse Lakes 152B

22 Janvier Band Cowper Lake 194A, Janvier 194, Winefred Lake 194B

23 Kapawe'no First Nation Kapawe'No First Nation No. 231 (Formerly Grouard 231)

24 Kehiwin Band Kehiwin 123

25 Little Red River Band Fox Lake 162, John D'Or Prairie 215

26 Loon River Cree Loon Lake 235, Loon Prairie 237, Swampy Lake 236

28 Montana Band Pigeon Lake 138A

29 O'Chiese Band O'Chiese 203, O'Chiese Cemetery 203A

31 Paul Band Buck Lake 133C, Wabamun 133A

33 Saddle Lake Band (Saddle Lake) Saddle Lake 125, White Fish Lake 128

35 Sawridge Band Sawridge 150G And 150H

37 Smiths Landing First Nation Hokedhe Tue 196E (Myers Lake Site), K'I Tue 196D (Birch Lake Site), Li Deze 196C (Dog River Site), Thabacha Nare 196A (Fort Smith Site), Thebathi 196 (Fitzgerald / Corridor Site & Fitgerald Site), Tsu K'Adhe Tue 196F (Leland Lake Site), Tthe Jere Ghaili 196B (Pine Lake Road Site)

39 Sturgeon Lake Band Sturgeon Lake 154 And 154B

41 Sunchild Cree Band Sunchild 202

42 Swan River Band Assineau River 150F, Swan River 150E

43 Tallcree Band Beaver Ranch 163, 163A, 163B; Fort Vermillion 173B; Tall Cree 173, 173A; Wadlin Lake 173C

45 Wesley Band Stoney 142, 143, 144

46 Whitefish Lake Band Utikoomak Lake 155, 155A, And 155B

47 Woodland Cree Band Woodland Cree 226, 227, And 228

Boreal Forest

Map Label

Band Name Associated Reserves

2 Alexis Band Alexis Cardinal 234

6 Blood Band Blood Timber Limit 148A

7 Chiniki Band Eden Valley 216

38 Stoney Band Big Horn 144A

45 Wesley Band Stoney 142, 143, 144

Map Label

Band Name Associated Reserves

9 Cree Band Charles Lake 225, Collin Lake 223, Cornwall Lake 224, Sandy Point 221

37 Smiths Landing First Nation Tsu Tue 196G (Charles Lake Site)

45 Wesley Band Stoney 142, 143, 144

Subalpine - Montane - Columbia

Taiga - Tundra

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Great Slave Lake

LakeAthabasca

LakeClaire

Williston Lake

Lesser Slave Lake

KinbasketLake

Doré Lake

Lake Diefenbaker

Buffalo Lake

Frobisher Lake

Tathlina Lake

Peter Pond Lake

Takla Lake

Churchill Lake

Stuart Lake

Kootenay Lake

PrimroseLake

Quesnel Lake

ColdLake

Shuswap Lake

Okanagan Lake

BistchoLake

Lac Île-à-la-Crosse

Kakisa Lake

Turnor Lake

Thekulthili Lake

Lake Pend Oreille

Lower Arrow Lake

Old Wives Lake

Lac laBiche

UtikumaLake

Upper Arrow Lake

Canoe Lake

Smoothstone Lake

Rutledge Lake

Lac la Plonge

Adams Lake

Tsu Lake

Lake Koocanusa

Lac laLoche

Lake Chelan

SullivanLake

Gagnon Lake

Cowan Lake

PakowkiLake

IsaacLake

Banks Lake

Priest Lake

Trembleur Lake

MamawiLake

Sled Lake

CallingLake

GullLake

Hill Island Lake

Delaronde Lake

Lloyd Lake

WinefredLake

Black Birch Lake

CoppLake

Wasekamio Lake

BuffaloLake

BeaverhillLake

ChipLake

Sparks Lake

Mabel Lake

Clarke Lake

Hjalmar Lake

GordonLake

Keeley Lake

Slocan Lake

Taltson Lake

Turtle Lake

HorseflyLake

PigeonLake

Kazan Lake

HobsonLake

KotchoLake

Coeur D'Alene Lake

Hungry Horse Reservoir

Thubun Lakes

Potholes ReservoirMoses Lake

Careen Lake

Inzana Lake

Fraser Lake

Spear Lake

FrogLake

Tezzeron Lake

Waterhen Lake

Primeau Lake

MahoodLake

Carp Lake

CanimLake

TsalworLake

North WabascaLake

MargaretLake

Lac Ste.Anne

Arsenault Lake

Seton Lake

NamurLake

WentzelLake

Dipper Lake

Great Beaver Lake

Andrew Lake

Trout Lake

SnipeLake

ClearwaterLake

Tatuk Lake

Duncan Lake

Beaverlodge Lake

South WabascaLake

ColinLake

St. MaryReservoir

BonaparteLake

ColumbiaLake

Maxhamish Lake

Trainor Lake

SandyLake

Vermette Lake

Hay Rive

r

Slave Ri ver

Fraser River

Battl e River

Bow River

Pet i t ot River

Elk River

Peace R iver

Kootenay River

Beaver River

Mi l k R iver

Wapiti River

Beatton River

Clark For k

Chin

chaga R

iver

Red Deer River

Athabasca River

Smoky Ri ver

Prop

het R

iv er

McLeod Rive

r

Columbia River

M ikkwa River

Teth u l R i ver

Ket tl

e Ri ve

r

M uskwa River

Toad River

Pembina River

Brazeau River

Sand River

Eagle Creek

Litt le

Smoky

River

Frenchman River

Gataga River

Berl and River

Parsnip River

Willow River

South

Sask

atch ew

an River

Fi nlay

River

Birch River

Notikewin River

Sikan

ni Chief River

M urray

River

Omineca River

Berry Creek

Belly Rive

r

Firebag River

Yates River

Kakwa River

Willi am River

Kakisa River

Abitau

River

Bowron Ri ver

Spokane River

Simone

tt e River

Li t t le Buffalo R iver

Ribston

e Cr ee

k

Kis

katinaw River

M acKay River

Li t t le Bow River

Buffa

lo River

M cGregor River

Kooten ai River

Pine River

Verm

ilion River

Rutledge River

R i chardson River

Nazko Ri ver

Swift C

urrent Creek

Graham Ri ver

M esil inka River

Lodge Creek

Kahntah River

Suk

u nka Ri

verFort N elson River

Chi l ak o Riv er

Waterhen Ri ver

Medicine River

Adams R

iver

Kechika Ri ver

Okan

ogan R

iver

Dun edin River

E ll s River

S tuart Ri ver

Pend O reille River

Oldman River

Cadott e Ri ver

North

Thom

pson

Rive

r

Sustut

R iver

Duncan R i ver

Quesnel Riv er

Ponton

River

Ingenika River

C hr istina River

H ighw ood River

Nechako River

Chitek R iver

McCuske

r Rive

r

Ko tcho R iver

Kwadacha River

Two M edicine River

Bonapart e River

Mir r or Ri ver

Cariboo

River

South H

eart R ive

r

Dill on Riv er

H orsefly River

Turt lelake R iver

Okanagan River

M iddle Fork Flathead R iver

Winefred River

Utikuma River

Slo

can

Rive

r

Went

zel Ri

ver

Lardeau River

Beaverhill Creek

Crab Creek

Lower Crab Creek

Shu swap Ri

ver

Sout h Thompson River

Lesser Slave River

Cut Bank Creek

Old For t River

Middle River

Doré River

Cowan River

Kimowin River

Island River

Cano

e R

iver

Thubun River

Mead

ow Ri

ver

La Loche River

Kuzkwa River

Clearw ater River

Slave

Rive

r

Flathead Ri ver

Liard

River

West Road (Blackwater) River

Fontas River

Thompson R

i ver

Stur geon R i ver

Talts

on R

iver

Fr aser R iver

Similkameen River

Pine Ri ver

North

Saskatchewan River

Taltson River

Peace

R iver

Wat erhen River

Red D eer Ri ver

Kettle River

Buffalo River

H alfway River

Pembina River

Finlay River

Wabasca River

South Saskatchewan R i ver

Bow River

North Saskatchewan River

Fraser River

Tazin

River

Colum

bia

River

Big River

Lodge Creek

Athab

asca

Rive

r

Taltson River

Nechako River

Columbia River

Hay River

Beav

er Riv

er

L i ard R

iver

Fort N elson River

Columbia River

Clearw

ater R

iver

Columbia River

Colum

bia River

Kechika River

Snowdrift River

Buf fal o River

Athabasca River

Kettle River

Fraser

Rive

r

North

Saska

tchew

an Ri

ver

Clearwater R i ver

Liard River

Sw an Ri v

er

Skagit River

Kakisa River

Beav

er Riv

erAthabasca River

M u skwa Ri ver

Oldman River

Fraser River

Peac

e Rive

r

Shusw ap River

Churchill River

Churchill River

Marais River

Smoky Riv er

Athab

asca

Rive

r

Salmon River

Fra

ser Ri

ver

Salm on Ri ver

Flathe

ad

River

Red Deer R iver

Batt le River

Fraser Ri ver

Taltson River

Chi lcot in R iver

Crooked River

P eace River

T altson River

Be aver River

Clearwater River

Kootenay River

Peace

River

Tazin

Riv e

r

Sout h Saskatchewan River

Qu' Appelle River

Columbia River

Loon

River

Fraser River

Fraser

River

Ospika River

Pries

t Rive

r

Keeley River

Island

River

Sled River

Tachie River

Tachie River

Saint

Mary Rive

r

Chelan River

Pend Oreille River

Slave River

Beaver River

Slave River

Liard River

Churchill River

Dillon

River

Flathe

ad R

iver

Dunc

an R

iver

Columbia River

Koote

nay Rive

r

La Loche River

Columbia

River

Clearwater River

Fraser River

Muskwa River

Colum

bia R

iver

Dunc

an R

iver

Okan

ogan

Rive

r

North Saskatchewan River

Qu'Appelle River

Pend Oreille River

Talts

on R

iver

Adams River

La Biche River

Liard River

Cowa

n Rive

r

Churc

hill R

iver

Clearwater River

Beav

er Riv

er

Frase

r Rive

r

Slave River

Nechako River

Taltson River

Kakisa River

Middle River

South Fork Flathead River

Kettle River

Slave River

Beaver River

Smoo

thston

e Rive

r

Colum

bia R

iver

North S

ask

atchewan River

LEDUC

KELOWNA

CALGARY

EDMONTON

RED DEER

CRANBROOKCASTLEGAR

MOOSE JAW

SASKATOON

LETHBRIDGE

GRAND FORKS

LLOYDMINSTER

WILLIAMS LAKE

PRINCE GEORGE

FORT ST. JOHN

SWIFT CURRENT

GRANDE PRAIRIE

Trail

Edson

NelsonFernie

VernonBrooks

Quesnel

Creston

Merritt

Camrose

Stettler

KimberleyPenticton

Cold Lake

Athabasca

Revelstoke

Whitecourt

Wetaskiwin

Wainwright

High River

Drumheller Kindersley

Assiniboia

Meadow Lake

Peace River

Dawson Creek

Grande Cache

Medicine Hat

Drayton Valley

North Battleford

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Map produced by Steven DeRoy, Research Associate / GIS Specialist onThursday, May 1, 2008.Data sources: Global Forest Watch [adapted from J.S. Rowe, ForestRegions of Canada, (Ottawa: Canadian Forest Service, Dept. of Fisheriesand Environment, 1977)]; National Framework Canada Lands AdministrativeBoundaries, Level 1, Canada Centre for Cadastral Management, GeomaticsCanada, Natural Resources Canada; Canada3D - Digital Elevation Model,Canadian Forestry Service.

First Nation bands within the majorecological regions of Alberta

LegendFirst Nation reserves

Boreal Forest

Aspen Parkland/Grassland

Taiga/Tundra

Subalpine/Montane/Columbia

Scale: 1 : 3,000,000

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