Morden Colliery Historic Park
| Feature Type: | Provincial Historic Park - Historic park administered by the province. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | At South Wellington, just SE of Nanaimo, Cranberry Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°05'44"N, 123°52'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Morden Colliery Historic Park established as a Class A Provincial Park, per Order in Council 99, 11 January 1972, containing 10.45 acres more or less. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 4 ha. more or less. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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See BC Mines Reports beginning in 1912 for descriptions and history of this mine. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |