List of protected areas of British Columbia
Former Provincial Parks
This list includes provincial parks that were cancelled. Provincial parks that were cancelled for the purpose of moving the land into a different provincial park are not included.

List of protected areas of British Columbia

Section Title: Former Provincial Parks
Table Section Text: This list includes provincial parks that were cancelled. Provincial parks that were cancelled for the purpose of moving the land into a different provincial park are not included.

Name of former park	Area	Date est'd	Date deleted	Location	Note

Alta Lake Wayside Park	0.8 hectares (2.0 acres)	1969	1976	Southwest (Lillooet)	Transferred to Resort Municipality of Whistler

Andy Bailey Provincial Park	196 hectares (480 acres)	1979	2004	Northeast (Liard River)	Transferred to Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, named changed from Jackfish Lake Recreation Area in 1982

Anthony Island Provincial Park	140 hectares (350 acres)	1957	1988	Northwest (North Coast)	Transferred to Gwaii Haanas National Park

Antlers Beach Provincial Park	8 hectares (20 acres)	1955	1991	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to Regional District of Central Okanagan

Apex Mountain Park	140 hectares (350 acres)	1961	1980	Southeast (Similkameen)	Converted into a Recreation Area in 1980 and cancelled in 2001

Appledale Park	1959	1991	Southeast (Slocan River)

Art Fraser (Fort Nelson Centennial) Park	5.2 hectares (13 acres)	1964	1986	Northeast (Liard River)	Transferred to Town of Fort Nelson

Barkerville Provincial Park	227 hectares (560 acres)	1959	2012	North central (Fraser River headwaters)	Re-designated as a "Provincial heritage property" under the Heritage Conservation Act and placed under the management of the Barkerville Heritage Trust

Beaumont Marine Park	34 hectares (84 acres)	1963	2004	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Beaver Harbour Park	40 hectares (99 acres)	1958	1970	Vancouver Island	Transferred to District of Port Hardy

Blenkin Memorial Park	16 hectares (40 acres)	1962	1989	Vancouver Island (Discovery Islands)	Transferred to Comox-Strathcona Regional District

Blessing's Grave Historic Park	0.5 hectares (1.2 acres)	1973	1988	North central (Fraser River headwaters)	Re-designated as a "Provincial heritage property" under the Heritage Conservation Act

Blue River Park	97 hectares (240 acres)	1962	1989	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)

Brentwood Bay Provincial Park	1938	1956	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to District of Central Saanich

Brilliant Terrace Park	121 ha (300 acres)	1959	1992	Southeast (Kootenay)

Brothers Memorial Park	6 hectares (15 acres)	1951	1974	Southwest (South Coast)	Transferred to Village of Gibsons

Buck Lake Park	28 hectares (69 acres)	1963	1981	North central

Cabbage Island Marine Provincial Park	1978	2004	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Canal Flats Provincial Park	6 hectares (15 acres)	1981	2010	Southeast (Columbia River)	Transferred to Village of Canal Flats, renamed Tilley Memorial Park

Cayoosh Park	4 hectares (9.9 acres)	1962	1986	North central (Fraser River)

Celista Park	2 hectares (4.9 acres)	1958	1997	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)	Management contracted to North Shuswap Community Association

Chaster Park	2 hectares (4.9 acres)	1970	1992	Southwest (South Coast)	Transferred to Sunshine Coast Regional District

China Creek Park	24 hectares (59 acres)	1967	1986	Vancouver Island	Transferred to Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District

Christie Memorial Provincial Park	3 hectares (7.4 acres)	1965	2013	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen

Clinton Creek Park	0.6 hectares (1.5 acres)	1962	1964	North central (Fraser River)	Transferred to Village of Clinton

Colleymount Community Park	10.5 hectares (26 acres)	1955	1983	North central

Columbia Village Historic Park	4.8 hectares (12 acres)	1972	1980	Southeast (Columbia River)	Transferred to Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

Cottonwood House Historic Park	10.7 hectares (26 acres)	1963	1999	North central (Fraser River headwaters)	Re-designated as a "Provincial heritage property" under the Heritage Conservation Act and placed under the management of the Barkerville Heritage Trust

Cottonwood Lake Park	8 hectares (20 acres)	1960	1982	Southeast (Kootenay)	Transferred to Regional District of Central Kootenay

Crescent Beach Provincial Park	99 hectares (240 acres)	1938	1953	Southwest (Lower Mainland)	Transferred to Municipality of Surrey

D'Arcy Island Marine Park	84 hectares (210 acres)	1967	2004	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Deadman Lake Provincial Park	1.8 hectares (4.4 acres)	1940	1983	Southeast (Okanagan)	Converted to a Recreation Area

Dutch Lake Park	0.7 hectares (1.7 acres)	1961	1978	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)	Transferred to Thompson-Nicola Regional District, later incorporated into District of Clearwater

Elizabeth Lake Park	117 hectares (290 acres)	1962	1968	Southeast (Kootenay)	Transferred to City of Cranbrook

Elk River Provincial Park	1940	1976	Southeast (Kootenay)	Transferred to City of Fernie

Fort McLeod Historic Park	3 hectares (7.4 acres)	1971	1999	Northeast (Peace River)	Re-designated as a "Provincial heritage property" under the Heritage Conservation Act

Fort St. John Historic Park	2 hectares (4.9 acres)	1971	1988	Northeast (Peace River)

Fort Steele Historic Park	150 hectares (370 acres)	1961	1988	Southeast (Kootenay)	Re-designated as a "Provincial heritage property" under the Heritage Conservation Act and placed under the management of The Friends of Fort Steele Society

Freeman King Park	20 hectares (49 acres)	1968	1981	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to Capital Regional District, forms part of Francis/King Regional Park

Gardom Lake Park	24 hectares (59 acres)	1961	1997	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)

Gold River Park	31 hectares (77 acres)	1974	1986	Vancouver Island

Golden Community Park	1952	1964	Southeast (Columbia River)	Transferred to Village of Golden, developed for various uses

Gun Lake Park	4.7 hectares (12 acres)	1963	1988	Southwest (Lillooet)

Harwood (Shelter) Point Park	31 hectares (77 acres)	1959	1972	Vancouver Island (Texada–Lasqueti Islands)	Transferred to Powell River Regional District

Haslam Lake Park	16 hectares (40 acres)	1962	1972	Southwest (South coast)	Transferred to Powell River Regional District

Hirsch Creek Park	1958	1981	Northwest	Transferred to District of Kitimat

Helmcken Centennial Park	2.5 hectares (6.2 acres)	1958	1972	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to Capital Regional District, later incorporated into Town of View Royal

Isle-de-Lis Marine Provincial Park	1978	2004	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Ivy Green Provincial Park	23 hectares (57 acres)	1949	1984	Vancouver Island (Cowichan Valley)	Transferred to the Stz'uminus First Nation

James Johnstone Park	1.7 hectares (4.2 acres)	1960	1987	Southeast (Kootenay)	Transferred to Regional District of Central Kootenay

Kalamoir Park	1959	1983	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to Regional District of Central Okanagan

Kawkawa Lake Park	6.5 hectares (16 acres)	1966	1994	Southwest (Lower Mainland)	Transferred to District of Hope

Kelowna Provincial Park	1955	1961	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to City of Kelowna

Kersey Lake Park	12.5 hectares (31 acres)	1969	1988	North central

Kledo Creek Provincial Park	6 hectares (15 acres)	1963	2006	Northeast (Liard River)	The BC Ministry of the Environment deemed that the six-hectare park did "not add to the ecological or recreational portfolio of the BC Parks system" and therefore, returned it to the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands for administration.

Kuskonook Park	6 hectares (15 acres)	1961	1980	Southeast (Kootenay)

Lakeview Park	70 ha (170 acres)	1959	1977	Vancouver Island (Cowichan Valley)	Transferred to Village of Lake Cowichan

Langford Centennial Park	2.7 ha (6.7 acres)	1961	1977	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to Capital Regional District, later incorporated into City of Langford

Lardeau Provincial Park	11 ha (27 acres)	1958	1992	Southeast (Kootenay)

Liard River Provincial Park	730,000 ha (1,800,000 acres)	1944	1949	Northeast (Liard River)

Little Shuswap Lake Provincial Park	1.2 ha (3.0 acres)	1942	1970	North central (Shuswap)	Transferred to Village of Chase

Long Lake Provincial Park	1957	1977	Vancouver Island (Nanaimo)

Manitou Provincial Park	1940	1983	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen

Mara Point Park	3.9 ha (9.6 acres)	1962	2010	Southeast (Shuswap)

Mara Recreation Provincial Park	6 hectares (15 acres)	1938	1956	Southeast (Shuswap)

Matheson Lake Provincial Park	65 hectares (160 acres)	1956	1994	Vancouver Island	Transferred to Capital Regional District

McBride Community Park	28 hectares (69 acres)	1955	1976	North central (Fraser River headwaters)	Transferred to Village of McBride

Mcdonald Park	10 hectares (25 acres)	1948	2004	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Meadowland Park	5.3 hectares (13 acres)	1958	1981	Southwest (Lower Mainland)

Medicine Bowls Provincial Park	12 hectares (30 acres)	1940	1945	Vancouver Island (Comox Valley)	Transferred to City of Courtenay

Mission Beach Park	1.3 hectares (3.2 acres)	1962	1978	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to City of Kelowna

Mission Flats Park	3.6 hectares (8.9 acres)	1967	1978	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)	Transferred to City of Kamloops

Mollice Lake Park	39 hectares (96 acres)	1963	1983	North central (Fraser River–Nechako River)

Moose Heights Park	50 hectares (120 acres)	1967	1991	North central (Fraser River)

Mouat Provincial Park	23 ha (57 acres)	1961	1997	Vancouver Island (Salt Spring Island)	Transferred to Capital Regional District

Mount Bruce Provincial Park	194 hectares (480 acres)	1938	1955	Vancouver Island (Salt Spring Island)

Myrtle Rocks Park	23 hectares (57 acres)	1968	1972	Southwest (South coast)	Transferred to Powell River Regional District

Nakusp Hot Springs Provincial Park	1925	1990	Southeast (Columbia River)	Transferred to Village of Nakusp

Nakusp Recreation Provincial Park	15.8 hectares (39 acres)	1931	1976	Southeast (Columbia River)	Transferred to Village of Nakusp

Nazko Community Park	8 hectares (20 acres)	1963	1981	North central (Fraser River)

Newstead Park	0.08 hectares (0.20 acres)	1951	1972	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to Capital Regional District, later incorporated into Town of View Royal

Oliver Provincial Park	1937	1959	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to Village of Oliver

Oliver Lake Park	4.4 hectares (11 acres)	1960	1987	Northwest (Prince Rupert)

Palm Beach Park	3.2 ha (7.9 acres)	1959	1972	Southwest (South coast)	Transferred to Powell River Regional District

Pass Creek Park	21 hectares (52 acres)	1961	1970	Southeast (Kootenay)	Transferred to Regional District of Central Kootenay

Peace Island Park	41 hectares (100 acres)	1964	1976	Northeast (Peace River)	Transferred to Village of Taylor

Pearse (Westwold) Park	1.3 hectares (3.2 acres)	1974	1992	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)

Pemberton Park	30 ha (74 acres)	1960	1983	Southwest (Lillooet)	Transferred to Village of Pemberton, renamed One Mile Lake Park

Princess Margaret Marine Provincial Park	194 ha (480 acres)	1967	2004	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Princeton Provincial Park	1928	1988	Southeast (Similkameen)	Transferred to Town of Princeton in 1992

Prior Centennial Provincial Park	1958	2004	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Racing River Wayside Park	71 hectares (180 acres)	1970	1988	Northeast (Liard River)

Rock Creek Park	1963	Southeast (Kettle River)

Roserim Creek Park	8.3 ha (21 acres)	1960	1985	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)

Rutland Community Park	2 hectares (4.9 acres)	1964	1978	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to City of Kelowna

Salt Lake Provincial Park	1925	1988	Northwest (North Coast)

Sicamous Beach Park	9.8 hectares (24 acres)	1961	1997	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)	Transferred to District of Sicamous

Sidney Spit Marine Park	217 hectares (540 acres)	1961	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Silver Creek Park	16 hectares (40 acres)	1959	1964	Southwest (Lower Mainland)	Transferred to District of Mission

Snootli Creek Park	1968	1985	North central (Central coast)	Transferred to Central Coast Regional District

Spencer Tuck Park	5.1 hectares (13 acres)	1962	1991	Northeast (Peace River)	Transferred to Peace River Regional District

Strombeck Provincial Park	0.3 hectares (0.74 acres)	1933	1981	Northwest (North Coast)	Transferred to federal government

Sudeten Provincial Park	5 hectares (12 acres)	1969	2006	Northeast (Peace River)	Management transferred to Tomslake & District Recreation Commission

Sumas Mountain Provincial Park	183 hectares (450 acres)	1965	2002	Southwest (Lower Mainland)	Transferred to Fraser Valley Regional District

Sunnybrae Provincial Park	24.8 hectares (61 acres)	1975	2006	North central (Fraser River–Thompson River)	Transferred to Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, converted from Recreation Area to Provincial Park in 1989

Sutherland Hills Park	1957	1991	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to Regional District of Central Okanagan

sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ (Okanagan Falls) Provincial Park	2.2 hectares (5.4 acres)	1956	2016	Southeast (Okanagan)	Transferred to Osoyoos Indian Band

Terrace Park	1.3 hectares (3.2 acres)	1958	1979	Northwest (Skeena)	Transferred to District of Terrace

Testalinda Provincial Park	1939	1957	Southeast (Okanagan)

Tetsa River Provincial Park	1980	2004	Northeast (Liard River)	Transferred to Northern Rockies Regional Municipality

Thomas S. Francis Park	64 hectares (160 acres)	1960	1981	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to Capital Regional District, forms part of Francis/King Regional Park

Truman Dagnus Locheed Provincial Park	7 hectares (17 acres)	1973	2013	Southeast (Okanagan)

Wain Park	1958	1968	Vancouver Island (Saanich peninsula)	Transferred to District of North Saanich

Weaver Creek Park	73 hectares (180 acres)	1964	1983	Southwest (Lower Mainland)

Westbank Provincial Park	1937	1984	Southeast (Okanagan)

Westview Provincial Park	1931	1962	Southwest (South coast)	Transferred to District of Powell River

White Rock Provincial Park	1930	1946	Southwest (Lower Mainland)	Transferred to Municipality of Surrey

Wickaninnish Beach Park	125 hectares (310 acres)	1959	1971	Vancouver Island	Transferred to Pacific Rim National Park

Winter Cove Provincial Park	90 hectares (220 acres)	1979	2004	Vancouver Island (Gulf Islands)	Transferred to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Sentence(s)

The Liard River Provincial Park was a 730,000 hectare protected area established in 1944, and cancelled in 1949.

final_sentence: The Liard River Provincial Park was a 730,000 hectare protected area established in 1944, and cancelled in 1949.