Purcell Wilderness Conservancy
| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Fry Creek Canyon Recreation Area, Purcell Wilderness Conservancy ParkOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Between N end Kootenay Lake and Columbia & Windermere Lakes, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'59"N, 116°32'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/2 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/15 82F/16 82K/1 82K/2 82K/7 82K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Purcell Wilderness Conservancy established by Order in Council 4 December 1974 - the first area in British Columbia to be preserved for wilderness recreation purposes, containing 325,000 acres. Status changed to a provincial park, to be known as Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park, and area added per Bill 53: Park Amendment Act 1995, 13 July 1995, the whole now containing 198,183 ha. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |