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: |
NE side Howe Sound, S of Squamish, New Westminster Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°38'39"N, 123°12'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92G/11 |
Origin Notes and History:
Established by Order in Council 1150, 1 May 1962. Area extended per OIC 3738/66. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 24 ha. more or less. Boundary redescribed per Bill 24-2007: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 3 May 2007; the whole now containing approximately 32 hectares.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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