The British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas System is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by BC Parks, an agency of the

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. These protected areas are established by

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under one of several different pieces of enabling legislation. The system includes 644 provincial parks, 2

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s, 156 conservancies, 84 protected areas, and 148 ecological reserves. Four provincial parks are designated

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, while 24 provincial parks are designated UNESCO

Biosphere Reserves Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments. MAB's work engag ...

Provincial parks by regional district

This is a list of provincial parks of British Columbia by

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. * Alberni-Clayoquot * Bulkley-Nechako * Capital * Cariboo * Central Coast * Central Kootenay *

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* Columbia-Shuswap * Comox Valley * Cowichan Valley *

East Kootenay The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. In the 2016 census, the population was 60,439. Its area is . The regional district offices are in Cranbrook, the larges ...

* Fraser-Fort George *

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* Kitimat-Stikine * Kootenay Boundary *

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* Mount Waddington * Nanaimo * North Coast * North Okanagan * Northern Rockies * Okanagan-Similkameen * Peace River *

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* Squamish-Lillooet * Stikine Region * Strathcona * Sunshine Coast * Thompson-Nicola

List of provincial parks and protected areas

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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. While some provincial parks were deleted as they were deemed to be not suitable for park purposes, most of the parks were deleted so they could be transferred to a

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to be local or regional parks. In 2004 several provincial parks were moved into the federal Gulf Islands National Park; likewise a few provincial parks were moved into the

Pacific Rim National Park Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is a national park located in British Columbia, Canada, which comprises three separate regions: Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. Its the Pacific Coast Mountains, are characterized ...

and Gwaii Haanas National Park when those federal parks were established.

References

External links

Alphabetical listing of provincial parks and protected areas
on bcparks.ca

on bcparks.ca {{British Columbia parks Provincial Parks

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

Provincial parks by regional district

List of provincial parks and protected areas

Former Provincial Parks

See also

References

External links