Cody Caves Provincial Park

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Cody Caves Provincial Park
Canada British Columbia location map 2.svg
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Location Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 49°44′00″N116°57′00″W / 49.7333°N 116.9500°W / 49.7333; -116.9500 Coordinates: 49°44′00″N116°57′00″W / 49.7333°N 116.9500°W / 49.7333; -116.9500
Area63 ha (160 acres)
EstablishedJuly 7, 1966
Governing body BC Parks
Website Cody Caves

Cody Caves Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was formed in July 1966 to protect the Cody Caves and was the first subterranean park in British Columbia. [2] The park is 13 km by road, northwest from the hot springs community of Ainsworth Hot Springs on Kootenay Lake.

Notes

  1. "Protected Planet | Cody Caves Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  2. BC Parks. "Cody Caves Management Planning" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-07-20.

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