Elk Island Provincial Park

Provincial park in Manitoba, Canada
50°45′17″N 96°32′45″W / 50.75472°N 96.54583°W / 50.75472; -96.54583[1]Area10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi)Established1974Governing bodyGovernment of Manitoba
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Elk Island Provincial Park

Elk Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. The park is 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi) in size,[2] and is considered to be a Class III protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories.[3]

History

Elk Island Provincial Park was designated under the Provincial Parks Act by the Government of Manitoba in 1974.[4] The area was protected between 1970 and 1974 as part of nearby Grand Beach Provincial Park.[4]

An island labelled "Isle aux Biches" appears in this approximate location in a 1775 map made by Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye from explorations led by La Verendrye.[5]

Elk Island is listed as one of several locations used during fall harvesting of fish from Lake Winnipeg shortly after the creation of Manitoba as a province of Canada in 1870.[6]

Faith Bible Camp, a children's summer camp was established on the island in 1954.[7][8] The camp was moved to a new location on Sandy Bay in 1969 prior to the island becoming part of Grand Beach Provincial Park.[8]

See also

External links

  • Elk Island Provincial Park on iNaturalist
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References

  1. ^ "Elk Island Provincial Park". Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ A System Plan for Manitoba's Provincial Park (PDF). Government of Manitoba. March 1997. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Elk Island Provincial Park". Protected Planet. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Elk Island Provincial Park Management Plan" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ Reynolds, George F. (Spring 1971). "La Verendrye and Manitoba's First Mine". Manitoba Pageant. 16 (3). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. ^ Tough, Frank (2000). "Manitoba History: "The Storehouses of the Good God:" Aboriginal Peoples and Freshwater Fisheries in Manitoba". Manitoba History. 39 (Spring/Summer). Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  7. ^ Kuzina, Rose. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Faith Bible Camp Chapel (RM of Victoria Beach)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Our History". Faith Bible Camp. Retrieved 6 January 2023.


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