| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | S end of Skaha Lake, S of Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'50"N, 119°34'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Christie Memorial Park established by Order-in-Council 2769, 5 October 1965, containing 8 acres more or less. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 15-2001: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 11 April 2001; the whole still containing 3 ha. more or less. Rescinded per OIC 91, 28 February 2013, and transferred to local government administration. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Originally called Robert Christie Memorial Park, dedicated in 1957 (November 1990 advice from Okanagan Falls Heritage & Museum Society) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember RCAF Pilot Officer Robert G. Christie, DFM, the only Okanagan Falls serviceman killed in action during World War II. Christie was serving as a Navigator with 97 (RAF) Squadron when he was killed in action 23 September 1943; buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany, grave 8. C. 18. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |