Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park

Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located on southwestern Saltspring Island near Fulford Harbour and facing northwest to Sansum Narrows, which is the channel between Saltspring and Vancouver Island. Mount Maxwell Provincial Park lies adjacent, to the north. Burgoyne Bay was named in 1859 by Captain Richards for Commander Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC, an officer aboard HMS Ganges.[1]

For other uses, see Burgoyne (disambiguation).

The park was established in 2004 via private land acquisition[2] with an area of 334 hectares (830 acres), and expanded in 2007 to 524 hectares (1,290 acres).[3]

References
  1. "Burgoyne Bay". BC Geographical Names.
  2. BC Parks webpage
  3. Burgoyne Bay Park in BC Names

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