Darke Lake Provincial Park
| Darke Lake Park | |
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 Moon rises over Darke Lake Provincial Park on a Late Winter Evening | |
  Location within British Columbia | |
| Location | Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°44′00″N 119°52′00″W / 49.73333°N 119.86667°W |
| Area | 1,470 ha (5.7 sq mi) |
| Established | 1968 |
| Governing body | BC Parks |
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Darke Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located west of Okanagan Lake, southwest of the town of Peachland in that province's Okanagan region. The park is approximately 1,470 hectares (3,600 acres) in size and was established in 1968 as a provincial park[2] Darke Lake, also mapped historically as Fish Lake, is northwest of Summerland and is named after Silas Robert Darke, an early settler in the 1890s.[3][4] In 1941 Howard Clark bought Fish Lake from Clyde Stewart. He was a hunting and fishing guide that ran the camp, as well as raised four children with his wife Hazel. The children were Betty, Roger, Dale & Audrey. In 1959 he sold it to Jake and Betty Enns.
Images
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Overlooking Driftwood on a Late Winter Evening at Darke Lake
References
[edit]- ^ "Darke Lake Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ "Darke Lake Park". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Darke Lake". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Darke Creek". BC Geographical Names.
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