Kentucky-Alleyne Park
| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Kentucky-Alleyne Recreation Area |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just SE of Aspen Grove, between Princeton and Merritt, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°54'59"N, 120°34'14"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kentucky-Alleyne Recreation Area established by Order in Council 604, 5 March 1981. Status changed to Kentucky-Alleyne Park per OIC 392, 21 March 1989. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 144 ha. more or less. Redescribed per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole containing approximately 190 hectares (144 hectares of upland and 46 hectares of foreshore). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |