Mount Assiniboine 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: | Adjoining BC-Alberta boundary, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°56'39"N, 115°44'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/13 |
| Related Maps: |
82J/13 82O/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order in Council 6 February 1922, containing approximately 13,000 acres. Area expanded per OIC 1205, 9 April 1973, the whole now containing 96,500 acres more or less. Redescribed per OIC 1201/90. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 39,050 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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One of seven national and provincial parks that together comprise the 26,583 sq. km World Heritage Site known as Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |