TITLE :  Protected Areas of BC
     
DESCRIPTION :  Protected Areas as mapped by Crown Lands, BC Parks, Contractors, and Regional Planning Tables
          
SOURCE :  BC Parks Victoria
      
PROJECTION :  Albers
           
DATUM :  NAD83
        
COVERAGE :  Province
        
ACCURACY :  Variable - prk_accuracy.xls contains accuracy information for each area (contact John Creasey)
         
WARNING :  This dataset does not differentiate parks by class, but does identify ecological reserves.
         
HISTORY :  Created by BC Parks and Crown Lands in July 2004
      
RESOLUTION :  Most provincial parks are included. This coverage will undergo frequent update as new Protected Areas are added to the system & boundaries are digitized for missing parks
        
REGISTRY :  Not Listed in BC  data registry
 
PRODUCTION_DATE :  Original produced by BC Parks December, 1999.
        
MODIFIED :  Frequently. Modification dates reflected in file name - Nov 31, 2001
        
MODIFIED :  Dec 20/01 - MSRM cwcheuk Updated coverage from BC Parks ftp at ftp://142.36.44.123/outgoing/prov_cov
        
MODIFIED :  Dec 20/01 - MSRM cwcheuk created region.pa from pa_name
        
MODIFIED :  July 22/04 - added new protected areas and replaced existing protection areas with corrected linework. Deleted those areas that are now under Federal or Regional jurisdiction
        
MODIFIED: August 18/04 deleted Warm Springs Protected Area, Pine Creek Recreation Area and Hanson Island Protection area.
        
MODIFIED: September 21/04 added Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Park
        
MODIFIED: September 23/04 added MacMillan Receration Area. Changed Maquinna Marine Park to Maquinna Protected Area. Portion of Porteau Cove Park has been converted to Porteau Cove Recreation Area.
        
MODIFIED: October 13/04 fixed the region.pa_name (dissolved)
        
MODIFIED: October 14/04 Corrected all of the spelling errors. Added sites and site numbers
        
MODIFIED: October 21/04 Added Chilako River, Evans Lake and Six Mile Hill. Deleted Sumas Mountain Park, Mount Edziza RA, Kwadacha RA, Upper Shuswap River PA, UBC Endowment Lands and Northern Rocky Mountain Reserve. Fixed Orc numbers for Atlin RA, Francis Point, Nation Lakes and Lower Skeena Park. Fix site names for Lower Skeena River Park
        
MODIFIED: October 22/04 Fixed boundaries for various areas. Deleted Kakwa PA and Graham-Laurier PA as legislation is pending, fixed Pink Mountain (was called Pine Mountain)
        
MODIFIED: November 1/04 Delete Broughton Archipelogo Extension Protected Areas as they are RESERVE areas and are not part of the BC PARKS system at this time
        MODIFIED: November 15/04 Changed some line work and fixed some park names. Deleted some Protected Areas that are not yet designated. Added some of the Wildlife Management Areas (Tofino, Todagin, Chilanko, Squamish and Boundary Bay)
        
ORACLE_NOTES :  Protected Area Registry, which is in Oracle, links to ORC_NUM
        
FUTURE :  Under revision - No firm data for Next version (Fall 2004)
    
DISTRIBUTION :  Available to public