Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Surrounding Hunstey Lake and N end Anstey Arm Shuswap Lake, NE of Salmon Arm (municipality), Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
51°08'29"N, 118°54'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82M/2 |
Origin Notes and History:
Established per Order in Council 523, 18 April 2001. Conversion of OIC to Statue designation per Bill 50-2004: Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 17 May 2004; the whole containing 6,852 hectares (6,666 hectares of upland and 186 hectares of foreshore.)
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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