| 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: | Surrounding Similkameen River between Hedley and Princeton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°24'57"N, 120°15'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established per Order in Council 553, 16 March 1956, containing 368 acres. Area decreased per OIC 3346, 7 October 1970, the whole containing 367 acres. Boundary redescribed per Bill 17: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 12 June 2000, the whole now containing 143 ha. more or less. Boundary redescribed per Established per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole now containing approximately 154 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After John Halton Bromley, a former prospector for gold, who started farming in the 1890's. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |