ȽÁUˌWELṈEW̱ / John Dean 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 |
| Pronounced: | tlay-will-nook / jon-deen |
| Relative Location: | N and E sides of Mount Newton, Saanich Peninsula, N of Victoria, North Saanich Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°36'54"N, 123°26'52"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order in Council 1611, 9 December 1921, containing 100.87 acres. Area increased per OIC 781/1956 and OIC 2614/1961, and OIC 715/1962. Further boundary changes per OIC 1184/1989 and OIC 1480/1993. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 173 ha. more or less. Name changed 16 May 2019 to ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ / John Dean Park per Bill 16-2019: Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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See BC Parks website for more information (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/john_dean/). Source: included with note |