BACKGROUNDER
2004WLAP0024-000367 May 12, 2004	Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
PROTECTED AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ACT AMENDMENTS

New parks established as a result of the Kalum LRMP (Skeena Region):

 

·        Coste Rocks Provincial Park (29 ha)

·        Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Provincial Park (741 ha)

·        Eagle Bay Provincial Park (262 ha)

·        Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park (61,089 ha)

·        Gitnadoiks River Provincial Park (57,698 ha)

·        Hai Lake - Mount Herman Provincial Park (323 ha)

·        Kitimat River Provincial Park (57 ha)

·        Lakelse Wetlands Provincial Park (1,214 ha)

·        Lower Skeena River Provincial Park (582 ha)

·        Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands Provincial Park (171 ha)

·        Owyacumish River Provincial Park (805 ha)

·        Sleeping Beauty Mountain Provincial Park (298 ha)

·        Sue Channel Provincial Park (209 ha)

·        Weewanie Hot Springs Provincial Park (35 ha)

 

New parks and additions established as a result of the Okanagan-Shuswap LRMP:

 

·        Browne Lake Provincial Park (47 ha)

·        English Lake Provincial Park (337 ha)

·        Pillar Provincial Park (2 ha)

·        Shuswap River Islands Provincial Park (185 ha)

·        Skookumchuk Rapids Provincial Park (71 ha)

·        Upper Violet Creek Provincial Park (124 ha)

·        White Lake Provincial Park – (266 ha)

·        Wrinkly Face Provincial Park (43 ha)

·        Shuswap Lake Marine Park – (108 ha added; total area 896 ha))

·        Yard Creek Provincial Park – (102 ha added; total area 175 ha))

 

New park established as a result of the Fort St. James LRMP:

 

·        Nation Lakes Provincial Park (19,398 ha)

 

New park established as a result of converting a Class C park to a Class A park:

 

·        Summit Lake Provincial Park (6 ha) (Class C park conversion)

 

 

New parks and ecological reserves established as a result of private land acquisitions:

 

·        Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park (334 ha)

·        Collinson Point Provincial Park (23.68 ha)

·        Francis Point Ecological Reserve (17 ha)

·        Francis Point Park (81 hectares)

·        Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park (187 ha)

 

Class A parks and ecological reserves expanded primarily as a result of private land acquisitions:

 

·        Bodega Ridge Provincial Park (43.6 ha added; total area 233 ha)

·        Cape Scott Provincial Park (716 ha added; total area 22,294 ha)

·        Chemainus River Provincial Park (8 ha added; total area 119 ha)

·        Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park (6.7 ha added; total area 159 ha)

·        Cowichan River Provincial Park (617 ha added; total area 1,414 ha)

·        Edge Hills Provincial Park (156 ha added; total area 11,850 ha)

·        Gladstone Provincial Park (65 ha added; total area 39,387 ha)

·        Goldstream Provincial Park (98.4 ha added; total area 379 ha)

·        Horne Lakes Cave Provincial Park (31 ha added; total area 158 ha)

·        Juan de Fuca Provincial Park (1.29 ha added; total area 1,528 ha)

·        Kennedy Lake Provincial Park (165 ha added; total area 241 ha)

·        MacMillan Provincial Park (18.5 ha added; total area 157 ha)

·        Main Lake Provincial Park (123 ha added; total area 3,539 ha)

·        Marble River Provincial Park (45 ha added; total area 1,419 ha)

·        Mount Maxwell Provincial Park (32 ha added; total area 231 ha)

·        Naikoon Provincial Park (100 ha added; total area 69,166 ha)

·        Octopus Islands Provincial Park (12.34 ha added; total area 748 ha)

·        Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park (73 ha added; total area 11,038 ha)

·        Petroglyph Provincial Park (0.3 ha added; total area 1.8 ha)

·        Plumper Cove Marine Park (8 ha added; total area 66 ha))

·        Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park (899 ha added; total area 964 ha)

·        Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park (1 ha added; total area 185 ha)

·        Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park (83.77 ha added; total area 696,160 ha)

·        Spectacle Lake Provincial Park (1 ha added; total area 67 ha)

·        Sproat Lake Provincial Park (3.53 ha added; total area 43 ha)

·        Stawamus Chief Provincial Park (11 ha added; total area 517 ha)

·        Strathcona Provincial Park (1,161 ha added; total area 245,807 ha)

·        Tahsish-Kwois Provincial Park (193 ha added; total area 10,972 ha)

·        Uncha Mountain Red Hills Provincial Park (94 ha added; total area 9,421 ha)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecological reserves expanded as a result of private land acquisitions:

 

·        Haley Lake Ecological Reserve (773 ha added; total area 888 ha)

·        Misty Lake Ecological Reserve (19 ha added; total area 73 ha)

·        Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve (326 ha added; total area 390 ha)

·        Mount Tuam Ecological Reserve (88 ha added; total area 362 ha)

 

Protected areas converted to Class A parks:

 

·        Anstey Hunakwa (6,852 ha)

·        Graystokes (11,958 ha)

·        Kingfisher Creek (440 ha)

·        Mount Griffin (1,758 ha)

·        Myra – Bellevue (7,729 ha)

·        Pennask Creek (1,245 ha)

·        Pukeashun (1,779 ha)

·        Smith River Falls – Fort Halkett (254 ha)

·        Trepanier (2,884 ha)

 

Protected areas converted to Class A park status and added to existing Class A parks:

 

·        Beaver Creek (4 ha added; total area 81 ha)

·        Carp Lake (99 ha added; total area 38,149 ha)

·        Monashee (15,189 ha added; total area 22,722 ha)

 

 

 

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