Tetrahedron Provincial Park is a
provincial park
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
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located within the territory of the
shíshálh Nation on the southern
Sunshine Coast, in
British Columbia
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, Canada. The park was created in 1995 thanks to the efforts of a collective of
NGOs
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who came together to protect the
headwaters
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Definition
The ...
of the Chapman Creek and Gray Creek Community Watersheds from commercial logging activities.
Geography
The park's highest point is
Tetrahedron Peak, at an elevation of 1727 metres. It also contains Panther Peak (1681m), and Mt. Steele (1651m).
[BC Provincial Park Planning Document: Tetrahedron Provincial Park]
Accessed Jan 12, 2016.
See also
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BC Parks
BC Parks is an agency of the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy that manages all of the, as of 2020, 1,035 provincial parks and other conservation and historical properties of various title designations within t ...
References
External links
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British Columbia Ministry of the Environment - Tetrahedron Provincial Park
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Protected areas established in 1995
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