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BC Parks is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The first BC Park was Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island which was officially created on March 1, 1911.
Today, the parks system in British Columbia is one of our greatest resources. Currently 14.26% (13.5 million hectares) of British Columbia's land base is protected. There are more than 340 campgrounds, 6000 km of hiking trails, 118 boat launches and 263 day-use areas in B.C.'s provincial park system.
BC Parks and the BC Geocaching Association are partnered along with the Year of Science to invite you to explore BC Parks.
This is one of 100 caches placed in parks throughout BC. Each cache will have a unique trackable geocoin available for the first 3 finders. There are also BC Parks trade items, BC Geocaching Association buttons, and Year of Science pins.
There is a maximum of one coin per Geocaching account. Please trade fairly for all items in the cache. If you have a coin from another cache, please leave it for another cacher - you would want them to do the same for you.
This undeveloped 222 hectare park protects a spectacular limestone canyon and falls (the Notch) on Oregon Jack Creek, as well as wetlands above the falls. This area is very significant for historic First Nations use. An Indian pictograph can be seen in the canyon.
Please note that no camping or day-use facilities are provided.
This is easily accessed on Hat Creek Road.
The park was established on April 30, 1996 as a result of recommendations made in the Kamloops Land and Resources Management Plan.
Accurate coordinates were tricky to get since at least half the sky is blocked by the rock cliff. Therefore, don't hesitate checking out the spoiler photo that I included here.
If you have the right type of vehicle, the start of the Cornwall Lookout FSR is just past here, which accesses the Cornwall Hills Provincial Park, which I was also trying to get to when hiding these caches, but couldn't in the minivan.
There are activities going on in BC Parks all year to celebrate this wonderful anniversary.
2011 is also the Year of Science in BC. There are events and a collection of interesting stories about people who chose Science.
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