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Fossli Provincial Park

Fossli Provincial Park
Fossli Park viewed from across Stirling Arm on Sproat Lake
Map showing the location of Fossli Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Fossli Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Fossli Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Fossli Provincial Park
Nearest townPort Alberni, British Columbia
Coordinates49°15′00″N 124°57′00″W / 49.25000°N 124.95000°W / 49.25000; -124.95000
Area52 ha (130 acres)
EstablishedNovember 7, 1974
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Fossli Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Stirling Arm of Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island. The 52-hectare park, west of Port Alberni, is accessible by water or private logging road. It has few services, but has a 30-minute hiking trail to an old homestead site.[1] The homestead belonged to Helen and Armour Ford, who donated the land for the park to the province in 1974. Saint Andrew's Creek runs through the park, and is a fall spawning ground for coho salmon.[2]

Name origin

The name of the park derives from local names conferred by an early Norwegian Canadian immigrant after his home village in the Eidfjord region of Norway. The name means "waterfall in the valley".[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fossli Provincial Park - BC Parks".
  2. ^ Alberni Environmental Coalition (1999). Alberni Valley Hiking Trails. p. 31.
  3. ^ "Fossli Park". BC Geographical Names.