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: |
N end of Moyie Lake, S of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°22'19"N, 115°50'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82G/5 |
Origin Notes and History:
Established by Order in Council 1574, 7 July 1959, containing 153 acres more or less. Addition per OIC 915, 6 July 1994, the whole now containing 90.46 hectares (69 ha. upland and 21 ha. foreshore) per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole still containing approximately 90.46 hectares (69.46 hectares of upland and 21 hectares of foreshore).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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