Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Between Upper Arrow Lake and Sugar Lake, S of Revelstoke, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°32'29"N, 118°16'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82L/9 |
Related Maps: |
82L/8 82L/9
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Origin Notes and History:
Established by Order in Council 1149, 1 May 1962. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 15-2001: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2001, 11 April 2001. Redescribed per Bill 19-2018: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 15 May 2018; the whole containing 22 739 ha. more or less.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Photographs in Beautiful British Columbia magazine, Summer 1973.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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