Eleven Sisters Provincial Park
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Eleven Sisters Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 30.52 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 555566964 | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 51 ′ N , 123 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | March 14, 2013 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Eleven Sisters Provincial Park is a 3,025 ha large provincial park in Canada's British Columbia . The park was established in 2013 and is located approximately 125 kilometers southwest of Williams Lake in the Cariboo Regional District .
investment
The park is located south of British Columbia Highway 20 and is characterized by numerous lakes.
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).
history
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, this one too was the hunting and fishing area of various First Nations tribes , here mainly the Tsilhqot'in , long before the area was settled by European immigrants or it became part of a park .
The sanctuary is one of the newest parks in the province and was set up on March 14, 2013, along with 18 other sanctuaries, with the Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act .
Neighboring parks
Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park is to the north , while Big Creek Provincial Park is to the south and Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park is to the southwest, and Nuntsi Provincial Park is to the west .
Web links
- Eleven Sisters Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Eleven Sisters Provincial Park English-language website of the park at BC Parks