Squitty Bay 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: | E end of Lasqueti Island, just S of Texada Island in Strait of Georgia, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°27'08"N, 124°10'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Squitty Bay Park was established by Order in Council 1153, 16 June 1988. Name changed to Squitty Bay Marine Park 22 August 1988 on 92F/8, as instructed by BC Parks. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation and name identified as Squitty Bay Park, per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 13 ha. more or less. Boundary extended per Bill 10-2009: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 20 October 2009; the whole now containing approximately 52 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |