Epper Passage Provincial Park is a

provincial park Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to the ...

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, located on the north side of

Vargas Island Vargas may refer to: People *Vargas (surname), including a list of people with this surname *Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th President of Brazil **Getúlio Vargas, Rio Grande do Sul, a Brazilian municipality *"Vargas", also "Varga", signature on wo ...

in the

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region of the West Coast of

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. Also on Vargas Island is

Vargas Island Provincial Park Vargas Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, comprising the west side of the island of the same name, which is located west of Meares Island and northwest of the resort community of Tofino in the Clayoquot Sound ...

. Other provincial parks nearby are

Flores Island Marine Provincial Park Flores Island Marine Provincial Park, also known as Flores Island Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the Flores Island (British Columbia), island of the same name in the central Clayoquot Sound region of ...

Gibson Marine Provincial Park Gibson Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southeast end of Flores Island in the central Clayoquot Sound region of Vancouver Island. The park was created on 13 November 1967. It contains approx ...

Maquinna Marine Provincial Park Maquinna Marine Provincial Park and Protected Area is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of Tofino in the Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, protecting Ramsay Hot Springs, which is the name- ...

, Sydney Inlet Provincial Park,

Dawley Passage Provincial Park Dawley Passage Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the south end of Fortune Channel, which lies between Meares Island and the mainland of Vancouver Island just south. The park is to the north of the resor ...

and

Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park is a provincial park at the western extremity of the Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The park was established by order-in-council on July 12, 1995 as part o ...

. The park was created as part of the

Clayoquot Land-Use Decision Clayoquot is an anglicization of the Nuu-chah-nulth language name "Tla-o-qui-aht", one of the indigenous tribes of the region so named. It may refer to: *Clayoquot, British Columbia, historically also known as Port Cox, a community on Stubbs Islan ...

on July 13, 1995, and contains approximately .

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BC Parks infopage
{{BritishColumbia-park-stub Clayoquot Sound region Provincial parks of British Columbia 1995 establishments in British Columbia Protected areas established in 1995

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