Big Bunsby 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Big Bunsby Marine ParkOfficial |
| Relative Location: | In Checleset Bay, NW side of Vancouver Island just E of Brooks Peninsula, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°06'09"N, 127°31'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Big Bunsby Park established per OIC 589/96, 30 April 1996, containing 658 ha. Name changed to Big Bunsby Marine Park per Bill 29: Park Amendment Act 1997, 23 July 1997, to reflect naming conventions for provincial marine parks. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |