| 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 of Nukko Lake, NW of Prince George, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°05'04"N, 123°12'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93J/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order in Council 2330, 4 December 1987, containing 1603 hectares more or less. Redescribed per OIC 1201/90. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation and area expanded per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole now containing 3979 ha. more or less. Boundary extended per Bill 15: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 19 May 2010, the whole now containing approximately 4044 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-called because of the abundance of eskers in the area; an esker is a long narrow ridge of stratified silts, gravel & rock deposited by glacier meltwater streams, and left behind after the disappearance of the glacier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |