Adams River Recreation Area
| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Roderick Haig-Brown Park, Tsútswecw ParkOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Surrounding Adams River between Adams and Shuswap Lakes, NW of Salmon Arm (municipality), Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°55'06"N, 119°37'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adams River Recreation Area established per Order in Council 207, 20 January 1977, containing 2442 acres more or less. Name changed to Roderick Haig-Brown Conservation Area per OIC 1690, 22 June 1978. Name further changed to Roderick Haig-Brown Recreation Area per OIC 499, 22 February 1979, and status changed to Roderick Haid-Brown Park in 1989. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |