| 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: | E side of Okanagan River, just S of Okanagan Falls, S of Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°13'34"N, 119°32'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order in Council 532/56. Redescribed per OIC 1183/89. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 20.5 ha. more or less. Redescribed per Bill 84-2003: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 26 November 2003, the whole still containing 20.5 ha. more or less. Boundary redescribed per Bill 5: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 16 March 2013, the whole now containing approximately 16 ha. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"[Indigenous] word meaning 'at the head of the lake' (Ok 3: 18-19) or 'creek which loses itself in the lake' (Albert Millar)." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing their 3rd Report and advice from resident Millar, respectively) Source: included with note |