British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas | ||
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Statistics | ||
Type | Number | Area (ha) |
Provincial Parks Recreation Areas Conservancies Ecological Reserves Protected Areas |
640 2 156 148 81 |
10,514,446 5,929 2,998,507 160,456 383,892 |
Campgrounds | 340 | |
Campsites | 11,075 | |
Boat launch areas | 119 | |
km of hiking trails | 2,767 |
The following is a list of all provincial parks and protected areas within British Columbia. As of June 2015, there are a total of 1,029 protected areas in the British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas System, covering a total of 14,063,250 hectares (34,751,000 acres), or 14.4% of all lands in the province.
The BC Parks and Protected Areas System consists of five different designations: