| 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: | NE side of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°52'59"N, 131°51'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103G/13 |
| Related Maps: |
103F/16 103F/9 103G/12 103G/13 103J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Bill 174, 18 May 1973. Area expanded per OIC 869, 12 May 1988. 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 72,641 ha. more or less. Boundary redescribed per Bill 10-2009: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 20 October 2009; the whole now containing approximately 69,071 hectares (66,961 of upland and 2,110 hectares of foreshore). Boundary adjusted 10 March 2022 per Bill 3: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2022; an addition of 123 hectares of land that the Ministry purchased in 2020; the whole containing approximately 69,194 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Naikoon is the Haida name for Rose Point; it means "long nose". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |