Skaha Bluffs 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: | NE side of Skaha Lake at Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°26'44"N, 119°33'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/5 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/5 82E/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established per Bill 10-2009: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 20 October 2009, and brought into force per OIC 207, 21 April 2010 - the whole containing approximately 179 hectares. Boundary extended per Bill 15: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 19 May 2010, the whole now containing approximately 489 hectares. Per Bill 17 - 2021: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2021; the whole park now containing approximately 554 ha. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |