Tuesday, April 29, 2008

NEW PARKS AND CONSERVANCIES FOR B.C.

Okanagan-Shuswap

April 29, 2008 Ministry of Environment
Protected Areas of British Columbia (Conservancies and Parks) Amendment Act, 2008

Seventy new conservancies and 11 new “Class A” parks are being established as a result of the North Coast, Central Coast, Morice, Sea to Sky, Haida Gwaii and Okanagan-Shuswap land use decisions and a private land acquisition. There are also additions to five existing parks and two conservancies.

The following four “Class A” parks are being established in the Okanagan-Shuswap Land and Resource Management Plan planning area:
Denison Bonneau Park Mara Meadows Park Eagle River Park Wap Creek Park

The following “Class A” park in the Okanagan-Shuswap LRMP planning area is being
expanded: Kalamalka Lake Park

Map of Protected Areas

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