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Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area information


Purcell Wilderness Conservancy
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)[1]
Leaning Towers in the Park
The Leaning Towers Group
LocationPurcells, Columbia Mountains
Nearest cityArgenta, British Columbia, Invermere, British Columbia
Coordinates50°09′00″N 116°32′00″W / 50.15000°N 116.53333°W / 50.15000; -116.53333
Area202,709 hectares (500,900 acres)
Established1974
Governing bodyProvince of British Coulumbia

The Purcell Wilderness Conservancy (full name Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area) is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 1974, and encompasses six large drainages in the Purcell Mountains in the southeast of the province.[2] It contains high peaks, alpine meadows and ridges, deep creek and river valleys, and hot springs at Dewar Creek.[3]

  1. ^ "Protected Planet | Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. ^ "Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area". BC Parks - Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ Paquet, Maggie (1990). Parks of British Columbia and the Yukon. North Vancouver, B.C.: Maia Publishing. pp. 188–189. ISBN 9780969456803.

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