| Feature Type: | Provincial Marine Park - A park designated and administered by the Province, primarily for water-oriented activities, that may or may not be only accessible by boat. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off N end of Denman Island, W side Strait of Georgia just S of Comox, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°37'20"N, 124°51'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Sandy Island Park established per Order in Council 1710, 7 June 1966. Name changed to Sandy Island Marine Park 22 August 1988 on 92F/10. Redescribed per OIC 1201/90. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 18 ha. more or less. Name changed to "Jáji7em and Kw'uhl Marine Park (a.k.a. Sandy Island Marine Park)" per Bill 49-2012: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 31 May 2012, the whole containing approximately 30 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The 1981 map "Welcome to the Comox Valley" published by Comox District Free Press, identifies this as Tree Island Park rather than Sandy Island Park; Tree Island is the well-established local name of the largest island in the park, with Seal Islets adjacent... Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |