Provincial Parks of British Columbia
| 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 popularity of the Glacier and Yoho National Park, both established by the federal government as national parks in 1886, and of municipal parks like Beacon Hill Park, established in 1882 and Stanley Park, established in 1888, led to the government of Richard McBride to adopt the Provincial Parks Act in 1908 which enabled provincial government to reserve public lands for future parks. After the federal government's interest in establishing national park on Vancouver Island became known, McBride placed a large park reserve over the middle of the island; with the adoption of the Strathcona Park Act on March 1, 1911, a portion of this area became BC's first provincial park, 214,451 ha in area at the time. Along with Mount Robson Provincial Park, established with the Mount Robson Provincial Park Act in 1913 as a 207,976 ha park, and the Garibaldi Provincial Park, reserved in 1920 and established as a 252,006 ha park with the Garibaldi Park Act in 1927, were intended to developed as major tourist destinations. Also in 1911, the McBride government amended the Provincial Parks Act to allow the creation of provincial parks by an Order in Council, rather than an act of parliament.
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