Browne Lake Provincial Park Explained

Browne Lake Provincial Park
Iucn Category:II
Iucn Ref:[1]
Map:British Columbia##CAN BC Central Okanagan
Map Size:260px
Location:Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
Nearest City:Kelowna
Coordinates:49.825°N -119.1875°W
Area Ha:47
Established:2004
Governing Body:BC Parks

Browne Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 22 km east-southeast of Kelowna in the Okanagan Highland, near Big White Ski Resort and between the heads of Hydraulic and Grouse Creeks.

The park was established in 2004 by Order-in-Council, to protect the Interior Douglas-fir-Montane Spruce transition forest.[2]

Browne Lake Ecological Reserve, comprising 114 hectares, lies to its northwest, and had been established in 1973, to protect a wet meadow ecosystem and surrounding forest in the Interior Cedar Hemlock zone.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Browne Lake Park. 2020-09-15. Protected Planet.
  2. Web site: Browne Lake Provincial Park. British Columbia, Ministry of Environment. 2015-11-01.