Sasquatch Provincial Park

Sasquatch Provincial Park

Sasquatch Provincial Park is a provincial park in Kent, British Columbia, Canada.

History

The park was established 1968, in its present condition. It actually began in 1959 as a 20 hectare inland fjord called Green Point Park, which was expanded into a picnicking area in 1960. Eight years later the park was expanded greatly and renamed..

Geography

The park is 1217 hectares in size. It is characterized by a series of pocket lakes, a unique second-growth and birch forest, and scenic mountain ridges.

The park is located in the District of Kent, 6 kilometres north of Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia.

Conservation

*Wildlife: tailed frogs, beavers, mountain goats, bears, deer, and allegedly bigfoot
*Fish: sturgeon, smelt, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brook char, salmon, catfish, and stickleback
*Birds: bald eagles, woodpeckers, warblers, and vireos
*Insect: black petaltail dragonfly

Recreation

The following recreational activities are available: vehicle accessible camping, picnicking, hiking, interpretive walks, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, motorised boating, fishing, windsurfing, and waterskiing,

ee also

*List of British Columbia Provincial Parks
*List of Canadian provincial parks

External links

* [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/sasquatc.html Sasquatch Provincial Park]


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