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Alberta Historical Resources Foundation (AHRF): Created in 1973, the foundation assists in the preservation and interpretation of Alberta's historical resources, primarily through the encouragement and sponsorship of community heritage initiatives. It is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of private citizens drawn from all regions of the province. The foundation acts as the single window for Alberta Lottery Fund support to heritage in Alberta.

Heritage Value: The aesthetic, historic, scientific, cultural, social or spiritual importance or significance for past, present or future generations. The heritage value of a historic place is embodied in its character-defining materials, forms, location, spatial configurations, uses and cultural associations or meanings.

Historic Place: An historic place is a structure, building, group of buildings, district, landscape, archeological site or other place in Canada that has been formally recognized for its heritage value by an appropriate authority within a jurisdiction.

Preservation: The action or process of protecting, maintaining, and/or stabilizing the existing materials, form, and integrity of a historic place, or an individual component, while protecting its heritage value.

Rehabilitation: The action or process of making possible a continuing or compatible contemporary use for a historic place, or of an individual component, through repair, alterations and/or additions, while protecting its heritage value.

Associated Organization: A historically significant organization that is directly associated with the historic place and has contributed to its heritage value.

Restoration: The action or process of accurately revealing, recovering or representing the state of a historic place, or of an individual component, as it appeared at a particular period in its history, while protecting its heritage value.

Statement of Significance (SoS): A statement that identifies the description, heritage value, and character-defining elements of a historic place. A Statement of Significance is required in order for a historic place to be listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.