Boundary 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: | N of junction of McCarren and Boundary Creeks, W of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°03'30"N, 118°41'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established per Order in Council 532, 16 March 1956, containing 7 acres. Area decreased per OIC 1249, 30 May 1960; the whole now containing 4 acres more or less. Park boundary redescribed in Bill 17: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 12 June 2000; the whole now containing 2 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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Notation on BC name card indicates that this originally known as Boundary Falls Provincial Park (date of change not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |