Sowchea Bay Park
| 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: | S end of Stuart Lake just W of Fort St. James, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°25'11"N, 124°27'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Sowchea Bay Recreation Area established by Order in Council 1129, 10 August 1989, the whole containing 13 ha. Status changed to a provincial park, to be called Sowchea Bay Park per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole still containing 13 hectares (4 hectares upland and 9 hectares foreshore) more or less. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |