Kokanee Creek Provincial Park

Kokanee Creek Provincial Park lies on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in southeastern British Columbia, about 19 kilometres east of Nelson along Highway 3A. Established in 1955, it encompasses 260 hectares of sandy beaches, creek deltas, and coniferous forest shaped by both the lake and Kokanee Creek. Before becoming a protected landscape, the site was known as Kitto or Kitto's Landing, likely named for Henry Richard Kitto, who farmed there from 1910. A government wharf existed by 1912, and the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. used the landing to move ore from the Molly Gibson mine before the place declined in importance by the 1920s.

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