Bedard Aspen Provincial Park

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Bedard Aspen Provincial Park
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Location Kamloops Division Yale Land District, British Columbia, Canada
Nearest city Ashcroft, BC
Coordinates 50°39′45″N121°30′37″W / 50.66250°N 121.51028°W / 50.66250; -121.51028
Area182 ha. (1.82 km2)
Established April 30, 1996
Governing body BC Parks
Bedard Aspen Provincial Park

Bedard Aspen Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Cornwall Hills to the west of Cache Creek-Ashcroft in that province's Thompson Country region. The valley of Hat Creek is to its west.

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50°39′N121°31′W / 50.650°N 121.517°W / 50.650; -121.517 (Bedard Aspen Provincial Park)