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: |
W side Okanagan Lake, just S of Summerland, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°32'34"N, 119°37'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82E/12 |
Origin Notes and History:
Established by Order in Council 2628, 8 March 1970, containing 7 acres of upland and 113.5 acres of foreshore more or less. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing approximately 48.76 hectares (2.83 hectares of upland and 45.93 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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