| 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 Kootenay Lake, SE of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°24'54"N, 116°48'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order in Council 1712, 5 May 1970. Boundary changed per OIC 1600, 4 May 1971. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 86, Park Amendment Act 1999, 28 June 1999, the whole containing 26 hectares more or less. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Drewry Point was identified in 1947 (when the park report was first made) as a well-established local name for a small promontory here; by the time the park was established in 1970 and a large scale plan was being drawn, Parks Branch no longer knew exactly WHICH of several small points along the shoreline was the namesake feature. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |