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Syringa Provincial Park

Syringa Park is a provincial park on the east shore of Lower Arrow Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. At the foot of the Norns Range, Tulip Creek passes through the centre, and Syringa Creek is closer to the southeastern boundary. The park is about  west of Castlegar via Broadwater Rd.

Name origin
In 1903, David Loughnan and Robert Russell Rose spent several months camped by Syringa Creek, which they named on observing the preponderance of syringa. The men had been hired by a British aristocrat to log the land, but could not receive mail to their camp unless the place was given an official name. The following year, the Geographic Board of Canada officially adopted the name. The mock-orange syringa, indigenous to the area, blooms in the early spring, releasing a distinct scent. The area has cultural and spiritual significance to the Okanagan, Shuswap and Ktunaxa-kinbasket First Nations. A European community soon developed on what was the Columbia River foreshore. Residents relocated prior to the reservoir for the Keenleyside Dam submerging the area in 1968.

Park profile
In 1968, following the dam construction, Syringa Creek Provincial Park was established. In 1995, the park expanded and the name contracted to Syringa Park. In 2019, private land acquisition expanded the park by 35 hectares. The park currently encompasses 4,499 hectares.

Park facilities
One of the largest provincial campgrounds in the region, many of the approximately 70 sites have electrical outlets. All have fire pits. The two separated camping areas are the Big Horn, adjacent to the day-use area overlooking the lake, and the other back from the water. Showers, and a combination of pit and flush toilets exist. The location has two boat ramps, an archaeological site, three rocky beaches and outdoor nature displays.
A $350,000 upgrade to the filtration of drinking water lifted the longstanding "boil water advisory" for the reopening of the park for the 2021 camping season.

Flora & fauna
The moderately warm and dry climate promotes the growth of Ponderosa Pine and bunchgrass, creating one of the few unique grassland ecosystems in the Kootenays. Wildlife includes elk, deer, and rocky mountain bighorn sheep that graze on the rock bluffs.

Recreational activities
Fishing, swimming, waterskiing, canoeing and kayaking are popular. The Yellow Pine Nature Trail, about , is a moderately difficult steep climb from behind the park. The trail presents mature yellow pine, several granite rock outcroppings, and lake views, which can be enjoyed especially from the first lookout or farther up at the summit. Other hikes are the Middle Trail and Syringa Trail, leading to additional viewpoints.

See also
List of British Columbia Provincial Parks

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Protected areas established in 1968
1968 establishments in British Columbia
Sydney Inlet Provincial Park

Sydney Inlet Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Clayoquot Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located north of the settlement of Hot Springs Cove and northwest of the resort town of Tofino. Sydney Inlet was the name of the post office in the area from its creation in 1947 to 1948, when it was renamed Hot Springs Cove, though that post office was subsequently closed in 1974.

The park contains heritage and cultural sites of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. The  park was identified for protection by the Clayoqout Land-Use Decision in 1995 and was created by amends to parks legislation on July 13 of that year.  Physiographically, Sydney Inlet is considered one of the best examples of a fjord on Vancouver Island. The inlet is fed by the Sydney River, which has a large population of Chinook salmon.

See also
Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve

References

External links

BC Parks info page

Clayoquot Sound region
Celia Gregory

Celia Christine Gregory (23 September 1949 – 8 September 2008) was a British stage, film and television actress, who became a faith healer later in life.

Best known for her role as Ruth Anderson in the 1976 BBC television drama Survivors, she also appeared in such television series as Hammer House of Horror, The Professionals, Bergerac, Tales of the Unexpected, The Problem of Thor Bridge and Reilly, Ace of Spies, among many others.

She also worked as a stage actress in London's West End opposite Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright and Frank Finlay in 1973 in Eduardo De Filippo's play, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. In 1991 she played Calphurnia in Julius Caesar and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

She married Keith Bender and they had two sons. The marriage ended in divorce. She retired in 1993 to spend time with her family. Celia Gregory died in 2008, aged 58, from undisclosed causes.

Filmography

References

External links
 
 Obituary in The Guardian
 Obituary in The Stage 

1949 births
2008 deaths
English film actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
Actresses from London
Place of death missing
20th-century British businesspeople
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park

Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.  Located at the mouth of Elcho Harbour on Dean Channel, it enshrines the farthest point west reached by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793 and the rock he marked to commemorate his journey.

The Park and monument can only be reached by boat. If seas are very calm, a float plane landing may be possible. There are no facilities at this park. The nearest communities are Bella Coola to the southeast and Ocean Falls to the west.

References

External links
 BC Parks webpage
 

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Central Coast of British Columbia
History of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1926
1926 establishments in British Columbia
National Historic Sites in British Columbia
Simson Marine Provincial Park

Simson Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

The Simson Provincial Park is located on the southern half of South Thormanby Island and is opposite Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia. The park is  of mostly forested land, though it also contains the remains of an abandoned farm and orchard. The park is only accessible by sea. It takes its name from pioneer Calvert Simson whose family donated the land in order to create the park.

External links

 Simson Provincial Park at BC Parks

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Protected areas established in 1986
1986 establishments in British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Silver Star Provincial Park

Silver Star Provincial Park is a Class C provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of the city of Vernon in the Shuswap Highland of the Monashee Mountains.

See also
Silver Star Mountain Resort

References

External links

Provincial parks in the Okanagan
Monashee Mountains
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1940
1940 establishments in British Columbia
Silver Lake Provincial Park

Silver Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Skagit River Valley just south of Hope and comprising 77 hectares.

References

Canadian Cascades
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Protected areas established in 1964
1964 establishments in British Columbia
Silver Beach Provincial Park

Silver Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the head of the Seymour Arm of Shuswap Lake in that province's Shuswap Country, adjacent to the settlement of Seymour Arm.

References

Parks in the Shuswap Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1969
1969 establishments in British Columbia
Moraine View State Recreation Area

The Moraine View State Recreation Area is a state park operated by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) of the U.S. state of Illinois.  The 1,687 acre (6.7 km2) recreation area is located near Le Roy, Illinois.

The predecessor of Moraine View, the McLean County Conservation Area, traces its history to 1959.  The park was renamed Moraine View State Park in 1975, then Moraine View State Recreation Area in 1995.  It is managed for active recreation, including camping, hiking, swimming, boating, hunting and fishing.  Camping available includes Class A sites with electricity and nearby modern toilet and shower facilities, to group camps and primitive backpacking sites.  Hunters use the park for whitetail deer, pheasant, and wild turkey.

Moraine View was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008 due to budget cuts by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. It reopened to the public on February 26, 2009.

Dawson Lake

The centerpiece of Moraine View is the 158 acre (0.6 km2) Dawson Lake, an artificial reservoir built in 1962-1963. Fish stocked in the lake by the DNR include largemouth bass, bluegill (the state fish of Illinois), sunfish, bullhead, crappie, channel catfish, walleye, yellow perch and northern pike.

Geology
Moraine View State Recreation Area is located atop a moraine, a low, rolling ridge located where a vanished ice sheet dumped ground rock and till while melting.  Moraines are common post-glacial geological features, and can be found throughout the U.S. Midwest. This moraine was produced by the Wisconsin glaciation, about 70,000 to 10,000 years before present.

Moraine View SRA is the headwaters for Salt Creek, a major tributary of the Sangamon River, one of the largest rivers in central Illinois. The northeastern face of the same moraine, outside the state recreation area, is the headwaters of the main stem of the Sangamon. Although Salt Creek and the main stem of the Sangamon arise on opposite sides of this moraine, they flow more than  west before they meet again.

2008 closing
Moraine View State Recreation Area was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008 due to budget cuts by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. After delay, which restored funding for some of the parks, a proposal to close seven state parks and a dozen state historic sites, including Moraine View, went ahead on November 30, 2008. After the Illinois Governor Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office, new governor Pat Quinn reopened the closed state parks in February.

References

External links

State of Illinois

Protected areas of McLean County, Illinois
State parks of Illinois
Protected areas established in 1959
Landforms of McLean County, Illinois
Reservoirs in Illinois
1959 establishments in Illinois
Sleeping Beauty Mountain Provincial Park

Sleeping Beauty Mountain Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the watershed of the Zymagotitz River.

External links

Skeena Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2004
2004 establishments in British Columbia
Skookumchuck Rapids Provincial Park

Skookumchuck Rapids Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the Shuswap River just below the outlet of Mabel Lake.
This park was established as a result of the Okanagan-Shuswap Land and Resource Management Plan.

References 

Monashee Mountains
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Provincial parks in the Okanagan
Protected areas established in 2004
2004 establishments in British Columbia
Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park

Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on August 25, 1957, to protect the Sechelt Rapids located in the Skookumchuck Narrows between Sechelt Inlet and Jervis Inlet.

References

External links

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Chinook Jargon place names
Protected areas established in 1957
1957 establishments in British Columbia
Skihist Provincial Park

Skihist Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the Thompson River and adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway #1 between the towns of Lytton (W) and Spences Bridge (E).  The park is named for Skihist Mountain, which is visible from the park though on the opposite side of the Fraser River to the west of Lytton.

History
Skihist Provincial Park was established in 1956 as a rest stop and overnight camping location along highway 1.

Facilities

Day-Use
Adjacent to the highway, a rest area with water and flush toilets is available. There are standard parking spots as well as trailer parking spots. The rest area closes for the winter season. The park is open from May to September.

Camping
Skihist Campground is located near the day-use area on the opposite side of Highway #1. It is open during the Summer season. There are 58 campsites.

References

External links 
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/skihist/

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
Protected areas established in 1956
1956 establishments in British Columbia
Skagit Valley Provincial Park

Skagit Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, centred on the Skagit River and its tributaries. The park is 27,964 Hectares. The park borders E. C. Manning Provincial Park in Canada and Ross Lake National Recreation Area and North Cascades National Park in the United States.  It includes part of Ross Lake, a reservoir formed by a hydroelectric dam in Whatcom County, Washington.

See also
Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park

References

External links

Lower Mainland
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1973
1973 establishments in British Columbia
Rat (disambiguation)

A rat is a rodent of the genus Rattus. Colloquially, rat may refer to a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America.

Rat, RAT, or Rats may also refer to:

Places
 Rat, Novi Travnik, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Rat, Missouri, an unincorporated community
 Rat Island (disambiguation)
 Rat Islands, Alaska, United States
 Rat Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota), United States
 Rat Lake (Cottonwood County, Minnesota), United States
 Rat Portage, the former name of Kenora, Ontario, Canada
 Rat River (disambiguation)

People
 Rat (Ned's Atomic Dustbin), a band member of Ned's Atomic Dustbin
 Rats (footballer) (born 1977), nickname of former Angolan footballer Ambrósio Pascoal
 Blek le Rat (born 1952), French graffiti artist
 Răzvan Raț (born 1981), Romanian footballer
 Vasiliy Rats (born 1961), Ukrainian footballer

Technology

Computing

 Radio access technology
 RATS (software), regression analysis of time series
 Remote access trojan, malware

Other
 De Rat, IJlst, a windmill
 Ram air turbine
 Rock Abrasion Tool, on Mars rovers
 CL-70 RAT (Remote Articulated Track), Canadair vehicle
 Rocket Assisted Torpedo, later named RUR-5 ASROC
 Rapid antigen test, RAT

Arts and entertainment

Characters
 Rat (Pearls Before Swine), in comic strip
 Rat Rathbone, in Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series
 Theodore Donald "Rat" Finch, computer hacker in The Core
 Tunnel Rat (G.I. Joe)

Films
 Rat (film), a 2000 Irish film
 Rats (2016 film), a 2016 American documentary horror film
 Rat, a 1998 documentary by Mark Lewis
 Rats: Night of Terror, a 1984 Italian film

Music
 Rats (album), 1994, by Sass Jordan
 "Rats" (Pearl Jam song), from 1993 album Vs.
 "Rats" (The Kinks song), 1970
 "Rats", a song from the album Not Accepted Anywhere by The Automatics
 "Rats" (Ghost song), 2018

Other
 "Rat" (short story), by James Patrick Kelly
 "Rats", an episode of The Protector
 Rats!, a 1998 2D platform video game

Other uses
 Rat (zodiac), sign of the Chinese zodiac
 Rat or shoulder tender, a cut of beef
 Rat, slang for what an informant does
 Rat, a device for forming a hair bun
 Pro Co RAT, a guitar distortion pedal
 Rat (newspaper), New York City, US
 Remote Associates Test of creativity potential

See also

 
 
 
 The Rat (disambiguation)
 The Rats (disambiguation)
 Rât (disambiguation)
 RAT test (disambiguation)
 Raat (disambiguation)
 Ratt (disambiguation)
 RRAT, rotating radio transients
 Lab rat (disambiguation)
Slim Creek Provincial Park

Slim Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

External links

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2000
2000 establishments in British Columbia
Small Inlet Marine Provincial Park

Small Inlet Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada on the northwest side of Quadra Island, near the city of Campbell River.

It is named after Squadron Leader Norville Small, a decorated officer who was referred to as a leader, tactician, and innovator.

References

Provincial Parks of the Discovery Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1996
1996 establishments in British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Small River Caves Provincial Park

Small River Caves Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References

External links

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2000
2000 establishments in British Columbia
Smelt Bay Provincial Park

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.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Cortes Island
Protected areas established in 1973
1973 establishments in British Columbia
Smith River Falls – Fort Halkett Provincial Park

Smith River Falls – Fort Halkett Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, protecting Smith River Falls and the former Fort Halkett, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post.  The park is located at the confluence of the Smith and Liard Rivers.

References

External links
 

Liard Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2001
2001 establishments in British Columbia
Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park

Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

Smuggler Cove is a small, picturesque all-weather anchorage on the south side of Sechelt Peninsula near Secret Cove. To access this park by land, visitors can hike 4 km from a parking lot off Hwy 101. This park provides hiking, swimming, kayaking and picnicking. Park Size: 185 hectares. 16 km West of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. Accessible by boat from the north end of Welcome Pass. Also accessible from Brooks Road off Hwy 101 halfway between Secret Cove and Halfmoon Bay on the Sunshine Coast. It is a 4 km hike from the parking lot to Smuggler Cove.
The Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park draws many boaters and sightseers every year to the protected cove. Many come to explore the many bays of the area, rock cliffs and beach areas. The marine park is considered a wetland park so there are some very sensitive ecological areas along the path designed to protect the ecosystem. Please stay on walking paths and have dogs leashed.

Smuggler Cove is an all-weather anchorage with three large anchoring basins for cruising boats. The best entry to the park by boat is through Welcome Passage at low tide when reef and rock projections are visible. The local area has provided many eye bolts located along the shoreline to accommodate stern pins.

History

A possible apocryphal story is that Smuggler Cove owes its name to its reported use by Larry Kelly.  Kelly, the “King of the Smugglers” who was also known as “Pirate” came up to Canada after fighting for the confederates in the American Civil War.  When the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed, many unemployed Chinese workers tried to emigrate to the United States but were forbidden official entry.  Kelly assisted the Chinese to cross the border for a fee of $100 each.  His insurance against detection was to have the Chinese agree to be roped together and tied to a large hunk of pig iron.  If there was a chance that they would be apprehended by U.S. customs, he would throw the iron and Chinese overboard. Common misconception is that Larry Kelly was also nicknamed "Pig Iron," but this was another smuggler by the name of Jim Kelly.

Gallery

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20080605065800/http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/smuggler.html

External links

Smuggler Cove Hiking Trails

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Protected areas established in 1971
1971 establishments in British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Sooke Mountain Provincial Park

Sooke Mountain Provincial Park is a Class B provincial park located at the southern end of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The park was established on June 25, 1928, to protect local wildlife and preserve the scenic wilderness of the area. Sooke Mountain is now part of the larger Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt surrounding Greater Victoria.

History
The park was originally used as a wilderness destination by the Canadian Pacific Railway where visitors could stay at a private lodge overlooking Sheilds Lake. The lodge burned down in the 1960s with only its brick foundation remaining.

The park and its neighbouring properties was logged during the 1950s.

Activities
The park is largely undeveloped with no park facilities. Fishing, hunting, and backcountry hiking are popular activities. Off-road vehicles are prohibited within the park.

See also
Sooke Potholes Provincial Park
Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park

References

External links

Greater Victoria
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1928
1928 establishments in British Columbia
Sooke Potholes Provincial Park

Sooke Potholes Provincial Park is a 7.28 hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.  It is adjacent to the Sooke River and Sooke Potholes Regional Park, near Victoria, B.C.  Intended primarily to provide access to the Sooke River and the associated potholes, it also offers wildlife viewing and other day-use activities.

Environment 
Sooke Potholes Provincial Park, in the Leeward Island Mountains Ecosection, is primarily focused around a set of naturally-occurring, water-carved potholes along the Sooke River. Although the river is a popular swimming spot, it is also an important spawning river for chinook and coho salmon and is a main wildlife corridor between the Sooke Hills and Capital Region greenbelts. Sierra wood fern and streambank lupine, both threatened species, are important plant species that can be found in the park, as well as old-growth Douglas firs. Park animal species include the black bear, cougar and the Roosevelt elk. 

The Sooke Flowline, constructed in 1915, snakes through the nearby hills around the Sooke Potholes and travels all the way to the Humpback Reservoir near Mt. Wells Regional Park. It can be found east of the Sooke River.

Activities and Services 
The park is primarily designed to provide access to the potholes and the Sooke River for swimming, picnicking, fishing, and other recreational activities along the river. Because the potholes are located outside of the park boundaries, the park is primarily designed to allow access through the park to the Sooke River and does not have washrooms, trash bins, or other service facilities to allow anything other than day use. There are multiple trails and two parking lots to allow easy access to the potholes and the river.

References

External links

 BC Parks: Sooke Potholes Provincial Park

Greater Victoria
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1972
1972 establishments in British Columbia
Zara Glover

Zara Glover (born 24 January 1982 in Preston, Lancashire), is a ten-pin bowler. She is a world champion bowler and a bowling tutor for Brunswick Bowling Academies across Europe.

Achievements

2007 World Ranking Masters runner-up – Florida, U.S.
2006 San Marino Open Champion – second title defended successfully in 2006
2006 Indonesian Open Champion – title defended successfully
2005 European Ladies Masters Champion – Barcelona
2005 San Marino Open Champion
2005 Indonesian Open Champion – Jakarta
2005 World Games Singles silver medallist – Müllheim, Germany
2004 World Tenpin Team Cup gold medallist – Hoofddorp, Netherlands
2004 European Tenpin Team Cup gold medallist – Norwich, England
2004 Oltremare Naples Champion – Italy
2003 World Tenpin Team Cup gold medallist – Odense, Denmark
2003 Singles, Doubles and All-events World Champion – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2002 World Youth Championships Team gold medallist – Pattaya, Thailand
2002 European Tenpin Team Cup Bronze medallist – Müllheim, Germany
2001 Trios European Champion and Masters silver medallist – Aalborg, Denmark
2000 World Youth Championships Doubles gold medallist – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

References

External links
Glover's website
Super Series profile

British ten-pin bowling players
1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Preston, Lancashire
Competitors at the 2009 World Games
World Games medalists in bowling
World Games silver medalists
21st-century British women
South Texada Island Provincial Park

South Texada Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southwest side of Texada Island.  Created in 1997, the park is approximately 900 ha. in area.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Texada Island
Protected areas established in 1997
1997 establishments in British Columbia
Sowchea Bay Provincial Park

Sowchea Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in central British Columbia, Canada. It is on Stuart Lake, west of Prince George. The park is  in area. It is a busy destination for boaters and anglers, with a single-lane concrete boat launch available with limited parking.

References

External links
Official site

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Omineca Country
Protected areas established in 1989
1989 establishments in British Columbia
Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park

Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Stikine Region of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on January 25, 2001 to protect the headwaters of the Spatsizi River while providing recreational facilities for visitors.

Geography
The park is located just east of Mount Gunanoot in the Skeena Mountains of north-central British Columbia. Here the river emerges out from the mountains to flow north through the park and on toward Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park.

The headwaters of the Spatsizi River is located in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation.

See also
Sacred Headwaters

References

External links

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Stikine Country
Stikine Plateau
Protected areas established in 2001
2001 establishments in British Columbia
Spectacle Lake Provincial Park

Spectacle Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, comprising c. 54 ha. and located southeast of Shawnigan Lake on southern Vancouver Island.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Cowichan Valley
Protected areas established in 1963
1963 establishments in British Columbia
Spider Lake Provincial Park

Spider Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on June 18, 1981 to protect the ecological integrity of the lake and to provide day use visitors with recreational facilities.

The park is located within the larger Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region.

References

Establishing order-in-council
Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan

External links

Regional District of Nanaimo
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1981
1981 establishments in British Columbia
Spipiyus Provincial Park

Spipiyus Provincial Park is a 2,979 hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.  Also known as the Caren Range, Spipiyus Park is north of Halfmoon Bay on the Sechelt Peninsula.  It protects pockets of old-growth forest, prime habitat for the marbled murrelet.  There are hiking trails that lead to Mount Hallowell with views of the islands and fjords of Pender Harbour, the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island.

External links

BC Parks Webpage

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Protected areas established in 1999
1999 establishments in British Columbia
Sproat Lake Provincial Park

Sproat Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park near Port Alberni in British Columbia, Canada's Vancouver Island.  Its name derives from a lake named after 19th century entrepreneur and colonial official Gilbert Malcolm Sproat.

Petroglyphs
One of the park's most significant features is a panel of petroglyphs called "K’ak’awin" on lakeshore rocks depicting mythological figures. Though little is known of the origin of the prehistoric images, the area has been traditionally occupied by the Hupacasath First Nation.

Park features
The 39-hectare park on Highway 4 is 15 kilometres west of Port Alberni and is a popular recreation area featuring swimming and boating in Sproat Lake and camping. On the north shore of the lake, there is a popular boat launch, a small beach and 58 vehicle-accessible campsites in the park. The park is near the home base of Coulson Flying Tankers, which operates Martin Mars water bombers.

References

External links

Martin Mars - Coulson Flying Tankers

Alberni Valley
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Rock art in North America
Petroglyphs in Canada
Protected areas established in 1966
1966 establishments in British Columbia
Squitty Bay Provincial Park

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.

References

External links
Map BC Parks

Provincial Parks of the Gulf Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1988
1988 establishments in British Columbia
St. Mary's Alpine Provincial Park

St. Mary's Alpine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.  According to the Canadian Ministry of the Environment:
St. Mary’s Alpine Park is a wilderness paradise for the experienced backcountry traveller. Numerous lakes and tarns are tucked against rugged granite cliffs and surrounded by tundra and lingering snowfields. Seven creeks drain the lakes, resulting in numerous waterfalls and cataracts, some as much as 150 metres in height. Experienced hikers, willing to expend considerable effort in bushwhacking and route finding should visit this protected area where few, if any, people will be encountered.

References

External links

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
Protected areas established in 1973
1973 establishments in British Columbia
Streets of Bollywood

Streets of Bollywood is a compilation album of songs from Bollywood movies, remixed by British Asian music artists. Among the artists are Hunterz, Metz & Trix, and Kami K (who produced the most tracks, at 3, plus two re-remixes at the end of the album). Several of the artists would also feature on the later similarly themed Bollywood Breaks Vol. 1.

The remixing of the songs consisted of new beats and backing music, as well as adding rapping in English interspersed with the original Hindi lyrics.

Track listing
Listing is in the format: Original name (Film) - Remix name (Artist)

 Sharara (Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai) - Burning hopeless Desire (Kami K - originally Kami P)
 Aap Ka Aana (Kurukshetra) - Baby Girl Remix of baby got back (Hunterz)
 Zara Zara (Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein) - Intoxicate (Kami K - originally Kami P)
 Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) - Henna (J-Skillz)
 Deedee Tera Devar (Hum Aap Ke Hain Koun) - Ladies in a Frenzy fridge (Metz & Trix)
 Intezaar (Paap) - Waiting For You to help me (White Rascul)
 Silsile (Bardaasht) - As One (Kami K - originally Kami P)
 Zindagi Ban Gaye Ho Tum (Kasoor) - Bollywood Queen (Surinder Rattan)
 Dil Leke (Na Tum Jaano Na Hum) - Your Coming With Me (sic) (Metz & Trix)
 Sharara (Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai) - Burning Desire (Instrumental) (Kami K - originally Kami P)
 Zara Zara (Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein) - Intoxicate me Instrumental (Kami K - originally Kami P)

2004 compilation albums
Bhangra (music) albums
Hindi cinema
Film songs in Hindi
Zabdiel Adams

Zabdiel Adams (November 5, 1739 – March 1, 1801), minister of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was born in Braintree, now Quincy. His father was the uncle of John Adams, second President of the United States. He graduated from Harvard University in 1759. He was ordained September 5, 1764.

History 
Adams was eminent as a preacher of the gospel, "often explaining the most important doctrines in a rational and scriptural manner, and enforcing them with plainness and pungency. His language was nervous, and while in his public performances he gave instruction he also imparted pleasure. In his addresses to the throne of grace he was remarkable for pertinency of thought and readiness of utterance. Though by bodily constitution he was liable to irritation, yet he held no ill will. His heart was easily touched by the afflictions of others and his sympathy and benevolence prompted him to administer relief, when in his power."

About the year 1774, he wrote a pamphlet maintaining, without authority from the Cambridge Platform of 1648, that a pastor has a negative upon the proceedings of the church. Some ministers, who embraced his principles, lost by consequence their parishes. He preached the Dudleian lecture on Presbyterian ordination in 1794.

He published a sermon on the nature, pleasures, and advantages of church music, 1771; on Christian unity, 1772; the election sermon, 1782; on April 19, 1783; at the ordination of Enoch Whipple, 1788.

Sources
Allen, William. An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in North America From Its First Settlement, and a Summary of the History of the Several Colonies and of the United States. 2nd ed. Boston: Hyde, 1832.

1739 births
1801 deaths
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People of colonial Massachusetts
Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den Provincial Park and Protected Area

Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den Provincial Park and Protected Area is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

History
The park was established in 2000. In 1973 and 1974, Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. built the original trails and cabins (Raven Lake and Grizzly Den). The Ministry of Forests maintained the trails and cabins up until 2000.

Geography
The park is 24,765 hectares in size. The Grand Canyon of the Fraser represents a unique feature which has historic significance related to the "Overlanders" journey to the Cariboo gold field in the 1860s and the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.

The park is located 95 kilometres southeast of Prince George, British Columbia.

Conservation
The park is a refuge for caribou and grizzly bears.

Recreation

The following recreational activities are available: backcountry camping and hiking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, fishing and hunting. There are three cabins available in both summer and winter for the public's overnight use: 8 Mile log cabin; Raven Lake cabin and Grizzly Den cabin.

See also
List of British Columbia Provincial Parks
List of Canadian provincial parks

References
Nash, Mike. Exploring Prince George: A Guide to North Central B.C. Outdoors. Rocky Mountain Books, c2004. .

External links

Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den Provincial Park and Protected Area at BC Parks
Prince George Backcountry Recreation Society

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2000
2000 establishments in British Columbia
Stagleap Provincial Park

Stagleap Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park is approximately 1133 hectares (2800 acres). It is 34 kilometers (21 miles) west of Creston.

Stagleap is a protected habitat for mountain caribou, which are an endangered species. For this reason, dogs and other domestic animals are prohibited from the park from November 1st through April 30th.

Attractions
Canoeing
Kayaking
Fishing
Hiking
Skiing
Log cabins for day use

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Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Protected areas established in 1964
1964 establishments in British Columbia
Stamp River Provincial Park

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 park features rapids and a waterfall as well as a substantial fish ladder constructed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada which allows half a million coho, sockeye and chinook salmon to pass upriver during the annual run from August to December. Spawning for these species takes place in the upper reaches of the river and in Great Central Lake. During the salmon run season, there is a greater prevalence of black bears in the area, attracted by the abundance of fish in the river.

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1997 establishments in British Columbia
Stawamus Chief Provincial Park

Stawamus Chief Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, established in 1997. It encompasses both the eponymous Stawamus Chief and the Slhanay granitic domes and the surrounding forest.

Activities in the park include hiking, rock climbing, and camping. There are views from the park across Howe Sound and of Mount Garibaldi to the north. In 2009, the park received upgrades as part of the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project, which gave it a new signature pedestrian bridge with an unusual form that uses two blue, splayed arches and a curved concrete deck.

It is located to the south of the town of Squamish, on the Sea to Sky Highway at the top NE corner of Howe Sound.

In 2012, the B.C. government removed 2.36 hectares of land from Stawamus Chief Provincial Park through legislation, a move that garnered much public debate. This was done to enable construction of the privately operated Sea to Sky Gondola, which opened for business in 2014. The government re-designated the 20-metre-wide gondola corridor the Stawamus Chief Protected Area. The gondola had increased visitation to the park until its line was cut twice, in 2019 and 2020. A previous proposal to put a gondola on the Stawamus Chief itself was unsuccessful.

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Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sea-to-Sky Corridor
Protected areas established in 1997
1997 establishments in British Columbia
Steelhead Provincial Park

Steelhead Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Thompson Country region of south central British Columbia, Canada. The facility is at the west end of Kamloops Lake near the town of Savona. On BC Highway 1, the locality is by road about  east of Cache Creek and  west of Kamloops.

Established in 1993, Steelhead (Sk'emqin) Park is on land that holds significant archeological value. The site had been used by the Secwepemc people for 7,000 to 10,000 years, and in more recent history was the site of a pioneer homestead, ferry landing, and stagecoach depot. A few historical buildings and a cemetery can be found within the park boundaries.

The facility has 44 campsites (10 having water and power connections), picnic tables, showers, and flush toilets. The  setting offers mountain and lake views and fishing. The park is open from May 1 until October 12.

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Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
Protected areas established in 1993
1993 establishments in British Columbia
Stemwinder Provincial Park

Stemwinder Provincial Park is a provincial park located just west of Hedly in British Columbia, Canada.
The park is  in size, and provides public access to the Similkameen River.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
Protected areas established in 1956
1956 establishments in British Columbia
Stikine River Provincial Park

The Stikine River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia. The park covers a total area of approximately 217,000 hectares. The main feature of the Stikine River Provincial Park is a portion of the Stikine River known as "The Grand Canyon". This portion of the river is approximately eighty kilometers long and runs through a canyon that has been created from the river cutting through the rock that now forms the walls of the "canyon".

See also
Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park

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Provincial parks of British Columbia
Stikine Country
Protected areas established in 1987
1987 establishments in British Columbia
Sunnybrae Provincial Park

Sunnybrae Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the northern side of the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake, near the city of Salmon Arm.
Sunnybrae is a day use park with washrooms, picnic tables, playground and swimming area.

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Former Provincial Parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Shuswap Country
Protected areas established in 1975
1975 establishments in British Columbia
Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park

Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park is a Class B provincial park located at the southern extremity of Buttle Lake on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The park was separated out from Strathcona Provincial Park by BC Parks in 1987 so that mining operations could proceed within park boundaries. Strathcona-Westmin is expected to be reabsorbed into Strathcona Provincial Park once mining operations cease.

Description
Strathcona-Westmin hosts a dense temperate rainforest ecosystem set in the rugged terrain of the central Vancouver Island Ranges. Much like the surrounding park, Strathcona-Westmin is a popular destination for hiking, backcountry camping, and fishing.

The park also features Myra Falls, a tiered waterfall that empties into Buttle Lake, and Upper Myra Falls, a punchbowl waterfall located  further upstream.

Myra Falls Operation

Myra Falls Operation is an underground mine located within a large stratiform basin in the centre of Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park. It is owned by Nyrstar Myra Falls Ltd., a subsidiary of European mining company Nyrstar. Mining operations were first approved by the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources on 6 April 1970. The mine started as two small open pits, but quickly became an underground mine with several expansions made since 1980.

The mine produces ore containing copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver. It has an annual capacity of 1.4 million tonnes of ore.

See also
Hamber Provincial Park
Sooke Mountain Provincial Park

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Provincial parks of British Columbia
Mid Vancouver Island
1989 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1989
Stuart Lake Marine Provincial Park

Stuart Lake Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

External links

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
Protected areas established in 2001
2001 establishments in British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Stuart River Provincial Park

Stuart River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in two sections north and northwest of Vanderhoof along the Stuart River southeast of Stuart Lake and the city of Fort St. James.   The upper section is located at  and comprises c.7391 ha. while the lower, eastern section is centred at  and comprises c.3390 ha. and is within the Greater Prince George area.  The upper site, which is located around the confluence of the Stuart and Nechako Rivers, includes the site of Chinlac, a Dakelh village whose inhabitants were massacred and enslaved by the Tsilhqot'in of Anahim Lake c. 1745.

See also
Nechako Canyon Protected Area

References

External links
BC Parks infopage

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Omineca Country
Dakelh
Protected areas established in 1999
1999 establishments in British Columbia
Sudeten Provincial Park

Sudeten Provincial Park is a former provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Ownership of the five-hectare park was transferred from the provincial government to local government for park purposes in 2006. It is now known as Sudeten Heritage Park and operated by Tomslake & District Recreation Commission.

Historical significance
Sudetenland is the historical German name given to certain border regions of the former Czechoslovakia that were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans.
In 1939, following the Munich Agreement which assigned the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany, Canada announced it would permit approximately 3,000 Sudeten German (notably Jewish and Socialist) refugees entry to become farmers.
Of the 1000 refugees who settled in Canada, half were settled in the Tomslake region of northern British Columbia and the rest in Saskatchewan
To commemorate these hardy settlers, many of whom had no experience farming, who fled persecution in their homeland, this park was established.

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Peace River Regional District
1969 establishments in British Columbia
Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park

Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Established as Claybanks Beach Park in 1969, the park covers a total area of 30 hectares, the park also conserves 558m of shoreline and 100m of Okanagan Lake foreshore.

Conservation
A small portion of rare old growth cottonwood riparian habitat adjacent to Trout Creek is protected. The cottonwoods and associated wetland thickets provide food and shelter for a variety of birds, insects and small mammals. Birds seen in the area include the northern oriole, warbling vireos and the Lewis's woodpecker.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Provincial parks in the Okanagan
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
Protected areas established in 1969
1969 establishments in British Columbia
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Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council

The Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council is the third largest trade union federation in Hong Kong, after the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-Beijing Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU). It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

HKTUC has been pro-Kuomintang, one of the main political parties of the Republic of China, since its establishment in 1948 and has maintained a close relationship with the party. It was the biggest rival to the leftist trade unions FTU and was seen as a rightist union. The former leader of the union, Pang Chun-hoi was the Legislative Council member for the Labour constituency from 1985 to 1995, while another seat of the two was occupied by the FTU leader Tam Yiu-chung before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.

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National trade union centres of Hong Kong
International Trade Union Confederation
Hong Kong–Taiwan relations
Anti-communist organizations
Trade unions in Hong Kong
Three Principles of the People
Surge Narrows Provincial Park

Surge Narrows Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the south tip of Maurelle Island and on adjacent islands in the Discovery Islands archipelago in that province's South Coast region.

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Provincial Parks of the Discovery Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1996
1996 establishments in British Columbia