BC PARKS 100

Conserving Historic Places in BC Provincial Parks

20ll marks the 100th anniversary of British Columbia’s provincial park system – 
a great opportunity to focus on the history of our provincial parks, record the 
significance of key historic places located within them, and plan for the ongoing care of these historic resources.

BC Parks recently partnered with BC Heritage Branch and community stakeholders to create Statements of Significance (SOS) for historic places within 11 provincial parks.  Denise Cook Design, Birmingham & Wood Architects and Planners, and 
Unfolding Landscapes undertook the research, site assessment, stakeholder 
consultation and document preparation. The final report was presented to 
BC Parks senior staff in March.

The BC Parks Register Record Project documents the physical and historic context, heritage values and character-defining elements of 24 historic places in provincial parks.  These include farmsteads, engineering works, historic trails, fire lookout 
towers, Canada’s first backcountry Rocky Mountain ski lodge and BC’s last remaining inland lighthouse.

Strathcona Expedition Re-enacted

On Friday, July 29th, 1910, an expedition, led by British Columbia’s Chief Commissioner of Lands, the Honourable Price Ellison, reached the summit of Crown Mountain in central Vancouver Island. Their objective was to explore the surrounding region for the purposes of establishing a park. On the advice of Ellison, legislation was enacted in March 1911, to create British Columbia’s first Provincial Park, Strathcona.

This summer the Strathcona Centennial Expedition is following in the footsteps of the original party and re-enacting Ellison’s journey to kick off celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the creation of Strathcona and all of B.C.’s Provincial Parks.

Find out more!
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Heritage Week 2011
A Century of Conservation: Parks and Protected Areas

The 2011 Heritage Week theme has been selected to honour the centennial of B.C. Parks.
» Heritage Week 2011