28 PHYSIOGRAPHY

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

Date Province and Park Location Estab­ Area Characteristics lished acres —con. Mt. Robson Mt. Robson, adjacent to 1913 513,920 Rocky Mountain park featuring Mt. Jasper Park. Robson, highest peak in the Cana­ dian Rockies, Berg Lake and im­ pressive glaciers. Access to Berg Lake Camp by horse trail. Swan Lake. , northeast 1918 166 Swimming and picnic area. Road B.C., near Alberta boundary. John Dean. Sidney, near Victoria, 1921 98 A mountain viewpoint overlooking the Vancouver Island. Saanich Peninsula and Gulf Islands. Primeval forests and wildflowers. Picnic grounds and hiking trails. Accessible by road. Kokanee Glacier.. Near Nelson, B.C. 1922 64,000 High mountain park featuring Kokanee Glacier and several scenic lakes. Fishing, mountaineering and skiing. Poor road and trail access. Mt. Assiniboine. South of Banff. 1922 12,800 An outstanding area of Rocky Mountain scenery. Mt. Assiniboine and small lakes. Hiking, riding, fishing, skiing. Access by horse, trail. Hot Nakusp, , 1925 127 Hot springs. Access by 8 miles of Spring. southeast B.C. trail. Salt Lake Prince Rupert 1925 87 Community swimming and picnic area. Access by ferry from Prince Rupert. Sir Alexander Ocean Falls, west coast. 1926 13 Historic monument commemorating MacKenzie. end of Sir Alexander MacKenzie's famous overland journey. Accessible by boat. Garibaldi Haney - Squamish, lower 1927 612,615 An outstanding scenic park with, mainland, north of Van- mountain lakes, peaks, and glaciers, flower meadows and interesting geological features. Potential winter sports area. Access by trail from several points on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Princeton Princeton, south central 1928 341 Local ski grounds, accessible by road. B.C. Sooke Mountain Victoria, Vancouver Island 1928 1,446 Undeveloped mountain park. Inonoaklin Edgewood, south central 1929 6 Community playground and swimming B.C. area. Keremeos, south central 1931 720 A columnar geological formation; not Columns. B.C., near U.S. border. readily accessible. Nakusp Recrea­ Nakusp, Arrow Lakes, 1931 84 Community playground. tion. southeast B.C. Westbank Westbank, Okanagan, 1931 2 Community swimming and picnic south central B.C. area. Road access. Westview Powell River, south coast­ 1931 10 Undeveloped community playground. al, northwest of Van­ couver. Deadman's Island. , central B.C... 1933 1 Local playground. Picnic grounds, Lockhart Beach... Kootenay Lake, southeast 1933 5 Roadside beach. B.C.