A much-needed investment of more than $100 million will improve roads and sewers as well as a popular day-use area at Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada.

In all, more than $107 million will be spent in the park. 

This major investment includes rehabilitation work along the Akamina Parkway, Red Rock Parkway, Highways 5 and 6, the Chief Mountain Highway, and redevelopment of the Cameron Lake day use area. The townsite of Waterton Park will have water/sewer lines repairs as well as roads and sidewalks be rehabilitated under the plan. Additionally, a new Visitor Reception Centre will welcome Waterton’s 400,000 annual visitors.

“Historic investments like the ones announced in our national parks and national historic sites simultaneously preserve our natural heritage while also protecting and creating jobs and opportunities,” said John Barlow, a member of Parliament for Macleod.

These projects are the result of an unprecedented investment by the Government of Canada to support infrastructure work in Canada's national historic sites, national parks and national marine conservation areas. This investment represents the largest federal infrastructure plan in the 104-year history of Parks Canada, ensuring these cherished places are protected and secured for the future while also creating and protecting jobs and opportunities.

Established in 1895, Waterton Lakes National Park forms the Canadian part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which is identified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park protects the junction of several different ecological regions that meet and interact in a landscape shaped by wind, fire, and abundant plants and wildlife.