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Strathcona Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)[1]
Buttle Lake, located in the centre of the park
Map showing the location of Strathcona Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Strathcona Provincial Park
Location of Strathcona Provincial Park in British Columbia
LocationVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Nearest cityGold River, Campbell River
Coordinates49°52′27″N 125°44′38″W / 49.87417°N 125.74389°W / 49.87417; -125.74389
Area2,458.07 km2 (949.07 sq mi)
EstablishedMarch 1, 1911
Governing bodyBC Parks
Websitebcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/strath/ Edit this at Wikidata

Strathcona Provincial Park is the oldest provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, and the largest on Vancouver Island. Founded in 1911, the park was named for Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, a wealthy philanthropist and railway pioneer.[2]: 256  It lies within the Strathcona Regional District. The Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, established in 2000, includes three watersheds in the western area of the park.[3]

  1. ^ "Strathcona Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. ^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
  3. ^ "Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, Canada". UNESCO. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

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