Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area

Purcell Wilderness Conservancy
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area
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
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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.