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Established in 1911, Strathcona Provincial Park is British Columbia’s oldest provincial park and Vancouver Island’s largest, encompassing rugged mountains, lakes, forests, and the island’s highest peaks, including Golden Hinde. Long part of the traditional territory of the Mowachaht and Muchalaht people, the area was explored in the nineteenth century and shaped by early surveying and climbing. Its history also includes mining, logging, dam construction, and the continuing operation of Myra Falls Mine within a small enclave. In the late 1980s, public opposition to proposed land removals helped secure stronger protection, and the park remains a major conservation and recreation landscape.
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