Bear Creek Provincial Park

Provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
49°55′50″N 119°31′15″W / 49.93056°N 119.52083°W / 49.93056; -119.52083Area178 ha (440 acres)Established1988Visitors242,697 (in 2017-18)[2]Governing bodyBC Parks

Bear Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.[3] It is situated on the west side of the Okanagan Lake and is northwest of the city of Kelowna. It was established on April 19, 1981, and was expanded to its current size of 178 hectares (1.78 km2; 440 acres) on May 12, 1988.[4]

Facilities

The park features a beach that is over 400 meters long and hiking trails that loop around the creek and surrounding canyon. The area is also used extensively for camping.

Okanagan Lake at Bear Creek Provincial Park

References

  1. ^ "Bear Creek Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  2. ^ "BC Parks 2017/18 Statistics Report" (PDF). bcparks.ca. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  3. ^ "Bear Creek Park". BC Geographical Names.
  4. ^ "Bear Creek Provincial Park". British Columbia, Ministry of Environment. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

External links

Media related to Bear Creek Provincial Park at Wikimedia Commons


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