| 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: | Between Canim & Quesnel Lakes and North Thompson River, N of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°19'59"N, 120°00'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93A/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Wells Gray Park established by Order in Council 1644, 28 November 1939. Area extended per OIC 397, 21 March 1989 and per Bill 53: Park Amendment Act 1995, 13 July 1995, to incorporate portions of Wells Gray Recreation Area; the whole now containing 519,357 ha. Area extended per OIC 586, 30 April 1996, to incorporate additional portions of Wells Gray Recreation Area, and per Bill 29: Park Amendment Act 1997, 23 July 1997, to include the area formerly known as Spahats Creek Park; the whole now containing 524,990 ha. Boundary redescribed per Bill 8-2015: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 25 March 2015, the whole now containing approximately 541,516 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the Hon. Arthur Wellesley ("Wells") Gray, born at New Westminster in 1876. He became mayor of that city in 1913; appointed BC's Minister of Lands in 1933 and held that position until his death in 1944. Description of the park, trails & fishing conditions on file cover W.2.40 Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |