| 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: | N end of Pinkut Lake, between Burns and Babine Lakes, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°25'03"N, 125°41'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93K/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established per Order in Council 1046, 2 May 1953, containing 71 acres. Redescribed per OIC 612/86. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 29 ha. more or less. Boundary redescribed per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole now containing approximately 33 hectares (27 hectares of upland and 6 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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Although themselves childless, Mrs. Wilson and her husband, a BC Forest Service ranger, did much for the children of the Burns Lake District, among other things holding summer camps for the forest-oriented Young Ranger Band. 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 |