Blue River Black Spruce 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 North Thompson and Blue Rivers, at NW end of Mud Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°08'18"N, 119°16'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Blue River - Black Spruce Park established per Order in Council 590/96, effective 30 April 1996, containing 175 ha. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation and the name identified as Blue River Black Spruce Park [without the hyphen] per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole containing approximately 172 hectares. Boundary adjusted 10 March 2022 per Bill 3: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2022; an addition of 59 hectares; the whole containing approximately 231 hectares. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |