Ole Johnson Park
| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Texas Creek Park, Gladstone ParkOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Extending N from Christina Lake, E of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°16'19"N, 118°14'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/8 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/1 82E/8 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Ole Johnson Park established per OIC 1292, 16 April 1973. Rescinded and area incorporated within Gladstone Park per Bill 53: Park Amendment Act 1995, 13 July 1995. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
Donated as parkland by Geoff and Olga Haszard of Vancouver, in memory of Mrs. Haszard's parents, Ingeborg and Ole Johnson, who were pioneers at Christina Lake in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |