Penrose Island Marine Park
| Feature Type: | Provincial Marine Park - A park designated and administered by the Province, primarily for water-oriented activities, that may or may not be only accessible by boat. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of entrance to Rivers Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°28'41"N, 127°44'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/5 |
| Related Maps: |
92M/12 92M/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Penrose Island Marine Park established by Order in Council 1487, 16 September 1992, containing 2013 ha. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole still containing 2013 hectares (934 hectares upland and 1079 hectares foreshore) more or less. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |