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: |
Partially within North Vancouver (district municipality) on W side of Indian Arm, New Westminster Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°24'14"N, 122°55'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92G/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
Established by Order in Council 119, 31 January 1936; area reduced (to create Mount Seymour Recreation Area) per OIC 2339, 12 November 1981. Recreation Area cancelled and re-amalgamated within park per OIC 393/89, 21 March 1989. Redescribed per OIC 259, 19 February 1992; deletion of road right-of-ways per OIC 966, 14 July 1994, the whole now containing 3508 ha. more or less. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole still containing 3508 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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