| 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 Kelly Lake, adjacent to Edge Hills Provincial Park SW of Clinton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°00'29"N, 121°46'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/4 |
| Related Maps: |
92I/13 92P/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order-in-Council 2325, 9 July 1970. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 156 hectares (105 hectares of upland and 51 hectares of foreshore) 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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"Mrs. & Mrs. Clair Downing, of Sidney, have donated 97 acres of land with nearly 1/2 mile of lake frontage at Kelly Lake. Together with 151 acres already under reserve a new provincial park named for the donors will be created." (newsletter, Federation of BC Naturalists, vol 8, no. 4, November 1970.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |