Purcell Wilderness Conservancy established by Order in Council 4 December 1974 - the first area in British Columbia to be preserved for wilderness recreation purposes, containing 325,000 acres. Status changed to a provincial park, to be known as Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park, and area added per Bill 53: Park Amendment Act 1995, 13 July 1995, the whole now containing 198,183 ha. Boundary redescribed per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole now containing approximately 198,116 hectares. Per Bill 17 - 2021: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2021; the whole park now containing approximately 198 119 ha. Boundary redescribed 10 March 2022 per Bill 3: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2022; an addition of 18 hectares of land that the Ministry purchased in 2020; 5 hectares of Crown foreshore is also added to the park; the whole now containing approximately 198 142 hectares.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office