Public Announcements - M. D. of Big Lakes

December 2011

Heritage Site Survey is in progress - see the Heritage Site Survey link in the What's New column...

Heritage Open House Information Sessions

The MD is hosting several public Heritage Open House Information Session in January to gather more information about sites identified in the survey.  This heritage information will be key to determining which sites are of special significance to MD history, and we know that many long-time residents will have in interest in attending.  

The schedule for the Heritage Open Houses is: 

January 11        7:00 pm – 9:00 pm       MD Council Chambers, High Prairie

January 12        10:00 am – noon          Kinuso Seniors Centre

                          2:00 pm – 4:00 pm       Joussard Homesteader’s Hall

   7:00 pm – 9:00 pm       Grouard Moosehorn Lodge (as part of Grouard and Area Historical Society meeting

Please contact Cathy Wilcox, Grants Manager, with any questions about this project and the historical designation process - phone 780-523-5955, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

2011 Oral History Interviews are complete - see the Oral History Project link in the What's New column...

We are a rural community of 4,030 people living to the north, south, and west of Lesser Slave Lake, which is our settled area and including the larger oil field surrounding the Town of Swan Hills.

The M.D. includes the unincorporated hamlets of Grouard, Enilda, Joussard, Faust, and our newest hamlet, Kinuso, which dissolved from Village status on September 1, 2009. The Towns of Swan Hills and High Prairie, the Gift Lake, East Prairie and Peavine Metis Settlements, and the Kapawe’no, Sucker Creek, Driftpile, and Swan River First Nations are all located within our boundaries. However they are independent bodies: each has its own council and administers its own affairs within its boundaries.

The major sources of income for the municipality are property taxes, provincial government grants, and user fees for utilities and other services.

MD Office 5305 - 56th Street High Prairie, AB Phone: (780) 523 - 5955 Toll Free: 1-866-523-5955

Mailing Address Box 239 High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0

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