Bowron Lake Park
| 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: | Just NE of Barkerville, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°10'59"N, 121°02'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order in Council #1498, 6 June 1961, containing 297,301 acres more or less. Area Increased per OIC 3161, 2 October 1969 and per OIC 3019, 19 August 1971; the whole now containing 304,155 acres more or less. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation and boundary redescribed per Bill 17: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act (schedule D), 12 June 2000, the whole now containing 139,700 ha. more or less. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |