Kokanee Creek Provincial Park Explained

Kokanee Creek Provincial Park
Iucn Category:II
Iucn Ref:[1]
Map:British Columbia geo
Location:British Columbia, Canada
Nearest City:Nelson, British Columbia
Coordinates:49.6°N -117.1333°W
Area:260 hectares
Established:1955
Visitation Num:326,785 [2]
Visitation Year:2017-18
Governing Body:BC Parks

Kokanee Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Highway 3A bisects the park 19km (12miles) east of Nelson.

Established as a BC Provincial Park in 1955, it encompasses 260 hectares of sandy beaches, deltas, and coniferous forest.[3]

Kitto (or Kitto's, or Kittos) Landing was formerly at this location. Believed to be named after Henry Richard Kitto, who farmed the land from 1910, a government wharf existed by 1912. The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. hauled ore from its Molly Gibson mine to this landing. During the 1920s, the place fell into obscurity.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protected Planet Kokanee Creek Park. 2020-10-17. Protected Planet.
  2. Web site: 2018. BC Parks 2017/18 Statistics Report. 2020-10-13. bcparks.ca. 2020-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014232825/http://bcparks.ca/research/statistic_report/statistic-report-2017-2018.pdf#page=15. dead.
  3. Web site: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park . www.env.gov.bc.ca.
  4. Web site: Nelson Star, 13 Jul 2015 . www.nelsonstar.com.