Blanket Creek 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: | NW side Upper Arrow Lake, S of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°49'59"N, 118°04'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Blanket Creek Recreation Area established per Order in Council 290, 18 February 1982; confirmed 15 March 1982 on 82L/16. Recreation Area cancelled and area re-established as a Class A Park, to be called Blanket Creek Park, per OIC 392, 21 March 1989, the whole containing 318 hectares more or less; name confirmed 30 May 1989 on 82L/16. Conversion of OIC to Statue designation per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole containing approximately 318 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |