Ellison Provincial Park

Ellison Provincial Park occupies the east side of Okanagan Lake south of Vernon in British Columbia, covering about 219 hectares, including roughly 200 hectares of upland and 19 hectares of foreshore. The park takes its name from Price Ellison, born in 1852, who emigrated from Manchester to British Columbia in 1876 and settled in this area. He worked in stock raising and wheat growing before becoming a prominent provincial politician. From 1898 to 1916 he served as an MLA and held cabinet posts in Sir Richard McBride’s government, including Commissioner of Lands in 1909 and Minister of Finance and Agriculture in 1910.

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