Kokanee Creek Provincial Park
| Kokanee Creek Provincial Park | |
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_location_map.svg)  Location of Kokanne Creek Provincial Park in British Columbia | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Nearest city | Nelson, British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 49°36′00″N 117°08′00″W / 49.60000°N 117.13333°W |
| Area | 260 hectares |
| Established | 1955 |
| Visitors | 326,785 [2] (in 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 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Nelson.
Established as a BC Provincial Park in 1955, it encompasses 260 hectares of sandy beaches, deltas, and coniferous forest.[3][4]
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.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Protected Planet | Kokanee Creek Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ "BC Parks 2017/18 Statistics Report" (PDF). bcparks.ca. 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ "Kokanee Creek Provincial Park". www.env.gov.bc.ca.
- ^ "Kokanee Creek Park". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Nelson Star, 13 Jul 2015". www.nelsonstar.com.
External links
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