PROVINCIAL PARKS 27

3.—Locations, Date Established, Areas and Characteristics of the Provincial Parks continued

Date Province and Park Location Estab­ Area Characteristics lished

Alberta—cone. acres Svlvan On shores of , 1930 9 Summer village lake front. Swimming, 11 miles west of Red picnic and camp ground. Deer. Writing-on-Stone On Milk east and 1930 796 Natural obelisks with undeciphered Reserve. north of Coutts. hieroglyphics. Summer village. Rochon Sands 7 miles west, 9 miles north 1931 128 Summer village. of Stettler on . Falls.. West of Macleod on Crows- 1932 14 Fishing. Picturesque falls. nest Pass Highway. Saskatoon Island.. West of Grande Prairie 1932 250 Picnic ground. Dilberry Lake On -Saskatchewan 1933 78 Picturesque lake. Reserve. boundry near Chauvin. Bad Lands North of Drumheller.... 1934 1,800 Fossilized remains of prehistoric Reserve. animals. .. 25 miles east of Drum­ 1934 IS Boating and swimming, picnic grounds. heller. Hommy Near Albright 1935 6 Picnic and outing facilities. Assineau Reserve. On the , 1936 37 Large spruce preserve. south of . Wapiti Reserve... 10 miles south of Grande 1936 22 Canyon in the area. Prairie. Big-game hunting base. Little Smoky On Little , 1937 35 Picnic ground and base for big-game Reserve. 12 miles south of Falher. hunting. Taber 1 mile west 1 mile north 193S 45 Picnic and sports ground. of Taber on south shore of . Elk water Lake On south shore of lake at 1947 378 Cottages, recreation and camp grounds. foot of Cypress Hills. Limited transit accommodation. 9 miles northwest of Rocky 1948 900 Cottages. Swimming, fishing, picnic Mountain House. and sports ground. 9 miles southwest of town 1948 2 Site of old fort established by Sir of . Alexander Mackenzie in 1792. 9 miles west of Bowden on 1948 45 Swimming. Picnic and sports ground. Little . "Twelve-foot" On edge of valley over­ 1948 2 Viewpoint above junction of Harmon, Davis. looking town of Peace Peace and Smoky . Site of River. "Twelve-foot" Davis' grave. Woolf ord 6 miles east of Cardston... 1948 68 Island in St. Marv's River. Picnic and recreation grounds. Kinbrook Island.. Island in , 9 1949 90 Island connected by causeway to lake miles south of Brooks. shore. Boating and swimming; recreation and picnic grounds. Gooseberry Lake. North of Consort 1931 320 Sports ground: Cottages. Transit accommodation British Columbia- Strathcona Campbell River, Van­ 1911 529,920 Oldest B.C. Provincial Park, situated couver Island. in the rugged centre of Vancouver Island. Many glaciers, alpine mea­ dows and . Delia Falls, one of the world's highest. Undeveloped and mostly inaccessible.