Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
N side of entrance to Jervis Inlet, just SE of Powell River (city), New Westminster Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°46'55"N, 124°11'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92F/16 |
Origin Notes and History:
Established by Order in Council 2966, 4 December 1962. Boundary changed per OIC 3467/1967 and per OIC 187/1989, and redescribed per OIC 1183/1989. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing approximately 69.3 hectares (39.3 hectares of upland and 30 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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