| Anderson Bay Provincial Park | |
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| Location | Texada Island, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nearest city | Gillies Bay, BC |
| Coordinates | 49°30′44″N124°08′09″W / 49.51222°N 124.13583°W |
| Area | 35 ha (0.35 km²) |
| Established | 29 June, 2000 |
| Governing body | BC Parks |
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Anderson Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southeast end of Texada Island near the community of Gillies Bay. Created in 2000, it is approximately 35 hectares (86 acres) in area. [1]
The small island and peninsula are included in South Texada Island Provincial Park, but the head of the bay is private land. The park aims to protect black-tailed deer, birds and intertidal life.
Lasqueti Island is an island off the east coast of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia, qathet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada and has a population of 498. A passenger-only ferry connects the island to the community of French Creek, near Parksville. The ferry makes two to three runs per day, six days per week, weather permitting. The ferry service is run by Western Pacific Marine for BC Ferries.
Texada Island is a large island located in the Strait of Georgia of British Columbia, Canada. With an area of 300.45 km2 (116.00 sq mi), it is the largest island of the Gulf Islands and the third largest island in the Strait of Georgia after Whidbey Island in Washington and Quadra Island of the Discovery Islands. Once a major mining and logging centre home to a fairly large population, Texada's industry has largely disappeared and its population shrunk since the decline began in the 1950s. In the present, it is mostly recognized as an out-of-the-way cottage and camping destination known for its warm waters and scenic beaches.
Arbutus Grove Provincial Park is a 22 hectare provincial park located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on 21 July 1966 to protect a representative strand of Arbutus tree.
Fossli Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Stirling Arm of Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island. The 52-hectare park, west of Port Alberni, is accessible by water or private logging road. It has few services, but has a 30-minute hiking trail to an old homestead site. The homestead belonged to Helen and Armour Ford, who donated the land for the park to the province in 1974. Saint Andrew's Creek runs through the park, and is a fall spawning ground for coho salmon.
Francis Point Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southwest end of the Francis Peninsula, south of the community of Pender Harbour on the west side of the Sechelt Peninsula in the Sunshine Coast region. Established in 2004, the park is 83 ha. in size, 74 ha. of it upland, the other 9 ha. foreshore.
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Harmony Islands Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Hotham Sound, which is a side-inlet of the lower reaches of Jervis Inlet, on that inlet's north side roughly opposite the mouth of Sechelt Inlet.
Jedediah Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. At approximately 243 hectares in size, Jedediah Island is one of the largest island parks in the province. Anyone is free to camp on the island; however, it is only accessible by boat. The nearest access is from Lasqueti Island.
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Sabine Channel Provincial Park, also known as Sabine Channel Marine Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, in the waters surrounding Jervis Island in Sabine Channel, which separates Texada Island, to the north, from Lasqueti Island, which lies to the south. Established in 2001, the park is approximately 2,254 hectares in size.
Saltery Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park is located southeast of the city of Powell River, and on the north side of the entrance to Jervis Inlet in the central area of the province's Sunshine Coast region.
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Smelt Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the south end of Cortes Island, and has twenty-two camping sites. Eight are reservable and the rest are first-come, first-served. There is also an overflow parking lot directly next to the beach for any excess campers.
South Texada Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the SouthWest side of Texada Island. Created in 1997, the park is approximately 900 hectares in area.
Squitty Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Lasqueti Island in the Northern Gulf Islands of the Strait of Georgia region.
Stamp River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The 327-hectare park is located 14 km north of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. There are 23 camping spaces and 2 km of trails within the park along the Stamp River, named for Edward Stamp, a sawmill pioneer in the Alberni Valley.
The Sechelt Peninsula is located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, just northwest of Vancouver. It is bounded to the west by Malaspina Strait, to the north by Agamemnon Channel and Jervis Inlet, to the east by Sechelt Inlet, and to the south by the Strait of Georgia (separating it from Vancouver Island. Its approximately 350 km2 is a mixture of drier and wetter temperate rain forest. The Caren Range extends north–south along the shore of Sechelt Inlet. The peninsula is a popular outdoor recreation destination, containing many lakes and opportunities for shoreline and woodland hiking, including to the renowned Skookumchuk Narrows. There are several parks, the largest of which is Spipiyus Provincial Park in the interior of the peninsula.
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Malaspina Strait is a strait in the northern Gulf of Georgia-Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It separates Texada Island from the upper Sunshine Coast-Malaspina Peninsula area on the adjacent mainland.
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