| Kokanee Creek Provincial Park | |||||||
| Iucn Category: | II | ||||||
| Iucn Ref: | [1] | ||||||
| Map: | British Columbia geo | ||||||
| Location: | British Columbia, Canada | ||||||
| Nearest City: | Nelson, British Columbia | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 49.6086°N -117.1236°W | ||||||
| Area: | 260 hectares | ||||||
| Established: | 1955 | ||||||
| Visitation Num: | 326,785 [2] | ||||||
| Visitation Year: | 2017-18 | ||||||
| Governing Body: | BC Parks | ||||||
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Kokanee Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Highway 3A bisects the park 19km (12miles) east of Nelson.
Established as a BC Provincial Park in 1955, it encompasses 260 hectares of sandy beaches, deltas, and coniferous forest.[3]
Kitto (or Kitto's, or Kittos) Landing was formerly at this location. Believed to be named after Henry Richard Kitto, who farmed the land from 1910, a government wharf existed by 1912. The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. hauled ore from its Molly Gibson mine to this landing. During the 1920s, the place fell into obscurity.[4]