Big Bar Lake 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: | W side Big Bar Lake, W of 70 Mile House, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°18'39"N, 121°48'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established as a Class A Provincial Park per Order in Council 3438, 27 October 1969, containing 445 acres. Increased per OIC 4360, 21 December 1970; OIC 2163, 6 June 1972; OIC 290, 12 January 1974 - the whole now containing 808 acres. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation and boundary redescribed per Bill 17: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 12 June 2000; the whole containing 332 ha. more or less. Redescribed per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statues Amendement Act 2004, the whole now containing approximately 368 hectares (333 hectares of upland and 35 hectares of foreshore). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |