| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Surrounding mouth of Lambly Creek, W side Okanagan Lake NW of Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°55'51"N, 119°31'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bear Creek Park was established per Order in Council 764, 19 April 1981; area extended per OIC 870, 12 May 1988, the whole now containing 178 ha. more or less. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 50/2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole containing approximately 158 hectares (151 hectares of upland and 7 hectares of foreshore). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The watercourse here was called Bear River in 1833 by David Douglas, of fir tree fame (British Columbia Historical Quarterly 4:242); labelled "Rivera la Ours" (Bear River) on Anderson's 1867 map; labelled "Bear River" on Trutch's 1871 map. The official name is Lambly Creek, although it is still commonly called Bear Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |