Browne Lake Provincial Park
Browne Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 22 km east-southeast of Kelowna in the Okanagan Highland, near Big White Ski Resort and between the heads of Hydraulic and Grouse Creeks.[1]
| Browne Lake Provincial Park | |
|---|---|
 Late Autumn view | |
  Location within British Columbia | |
| Location | Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°49′30″N 119°11′15″W |
| Area | 47 ha (120 acres) |
| Established | 2004 |
| Operator | BC Parks |
The park was established in 2004 by Order-in-Council, to protect the Interior Douglas-fir-Montane Spruce transition forest.[2]
Browne Lake Ecological Reserve, comprising 114 hectares, lies to its northwest, and had been established in 1973, to protect a wet meadow ecosystem and surrounding forest in the Interior Cedar Hemlock zone.[3]
References
- "Browne Lake Park". BC Geographical Names.
- "Browne Lake Provincial Park". British Columbia, Ministry of Environment. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- "Browne Lake Ecological Reserve". BC Geographical Names.
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