Publications & Resources

Download Buffalo Lake Integrated Shoreland Management Plan 

This document provides an overview of the completed Plan (154 pages)

Download Buffalo Lake Integrated Shoreland Management Plan Synopsis 

This document provides an overview of the completed Plan (34 pages)

Additional Information About Lakeshores

For information on water body navigability, boating safety, and private buoys and other navigational aids, visit the Canadian Coast Guard website:

• Canadian Coast Guard

For information on deleterious substances, fish habitat, and harmful alternation, disruption or destruction (HADD) of fish habitat, visit the Fisheries and Oceans Canada website at:

• Oceans and Fish Habitat: Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat

In Alberta, Fisheries and Oceans Canada offices are located in Lethbridge, Calgary, Edmonton and Peace River. For addresses and other contact information for each of these Alberta District offices, visit:

• Alberta District Offices

Additional Resources on Lakeshore Use

• Caring for Shoreline Properties: Changing the Way We Look at Owning Lakefront Property in Alberta– 1999 (32 pages)
• Guidelines for Lakeshore Use– (2 pages)