Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Facing Strait of Georgia at Parksville, NW of Nanaimo, Nanoose Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°19'24"N, 124°16'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92F/8 |
Origin Notes and History:
Established by Order in Council 1305, 20 April 1967, containing 265.5 acres more or less. Area increased per OIC 2 June 1969, the whole now containing 859 acres. Redescribed per OIC 1201/90. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 347 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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