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]