Plumper Cove Marine Park
| 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: | NW side of Keats Island, in entrance to Howe Sound, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°24'19"N, 123°27'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Plumper Cove Park established by Order in Council 430, 22 February 1960. Name changed to Plumper Cove Marine Park 22 August 1988 on 92G/6. 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 57 hectares (34 hectares of upland and 23 hectares of foreshore) more or less. Boundary redescribed per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole now containing approximately 66 hectares (33 hectares of upland and 33 hectares of foreshore). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |