Nickel Plate Park
| 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: | At Nickel Plate Lake just W of Apex Mountain (recreational community), W of Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°24'16"N, 119°56'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Clearwater Park established by Order in Council 1630, 14 December 1938. Name changed to Nickel Plate Park per OIC 7 May 1975. Boundary redescribed per OIC 354/83. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 105 ha. more or less. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |