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Strathcona Westmin Provincial Park

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Nearest city
  
Gold River

Area
  
33 km²

Established
  
1965

Governing body
  
BC Parks

Province
  
British Columbia

Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park

Location
  
British Columbia, Canada

Address
  
Comox-Strathcona D, BC, Canada

Similar
  
Myra Falls Mine, Strathcona Park Lodge & Outdoo, Forbidden Plateau, White Ridge Provincial, Maquinna Marine Provincial

Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park is a 33 km² provincial park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the southern extremity of Buttle Lake and is completely surrounded by the much larger and more extensively protected Strathcona Provincial Park.
Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park contains the copper, gold and zinc-producing Myra Falls Operations, which is owned by NVI Mining Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Breakwater Resources Limited.
The area was separated out of the rest of Strathcona Provincial Park in 1965. It is currently designated as a Class-B provincial park, and is expected to be absorbed by the rest of Strathcona Provincial Park once mining operations cease.
Hiking, backcountry camping, and fishing are common park actitivies.

References

Strathcona-Westmin Provincial Park Wikipedia