Bonaparte Provincial Park
Canadian provincial park
Bonaparte Provincial Park is an 11,811 hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located within the Bonaparte Plateau.
History
The park was established April 30, 1996, under the Kamloops Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) through the Environment and Land Use Act.
First Nations use of the land is not well known. More recently it had been used as a ranchland by settlers and for fly-in tourism. Prior to the development of the park a moratoria had been placed on timber harvesting in the area in 1974.
Geology
The park has many small hills formed by lava flow. This has led to the over 50 small interconnected lakes located within the park.
Geography
The park is located 55 kilometers northwest of Kamloops. Motorized vehicle access is most easily obtained via Jamieson Creek Road.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4941172. VIAF identifies the subject as 315167709. Authority coordinates are 51.155, -120.489. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996 and 1974.
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