Sproat Lake Provincial Park

Provincial park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada

49°17′42″N 124°55′45″W / 49.29500°N 124.92917°W / 49.29500; -124.92917Area0.43 km² (0.17 sq mi)EstablishedJune 6, 1966 (1966-06-06)Governing bodyBC ParksWebsitebcparks.ca/sproat-lake-park/

Sproat Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park near Port Alberni in British Columbia, Canada's Vancouver Island. Its name derives from a lake named after 19th century entrepreneur and colonial official Gilbert Malcolm Sproat.

Petroglyphs

One of the park's most significant features is a panel of petroglyphs called "K’ak’awin" on lakeshore rocks depicting mythological figures. Though little is known of the origin of the prehistoric images, the area has been traditionally occupied by the Hupacasath First Nation.^[1]

Park features

The 39-hectare park on Highway 4 is 15 kilometres west of Port Alberni and is a popular recreation area featuring swimming and boating in Sproat Lake and camping. On the north shore of the lake, there is a popular boat launch, a small beach and 58 vehicle-accessible campsites in the park.^[2] The park is near the home base of Coulson Flying Tankers, which operates Martin Mars water bombers.

References

^ Env.gov.bc.ca
^ Env.gov.bc.ca

External links

Official website
"Sproat Lake Park". BC Geographical Names.
Martin Mars - Coulson Flying Tankers

Protected areas of British Columbia

CRHP: Alberni-Clayoquot RD; BC Coast; Capital RD; Kootenay RD; Columbia-Shuswap RD; Comox Valley RD; Cowichan Valley RD; East Kootenay RD; Fraser Valley RD; Kootenay Boundary RD; Nanaimo RD; New Westminster; North Okanagan RD; North Shore; Northern/Central BC Interior; Okanagan-Similkameen RD; Squamish-Lillooet RD; Strathcona RD; Surrey; Thompson-Nicola RD; Vancouver; Victoria

International Recognition

World Heritage Sites	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs (proposed) Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek SGang Gwaay Stein Valley (proposed)
Biosphere Reserves	Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region

National Parks and affiliated areas

National Parks	Glacier Gulf Islands Reserve Gwaii Haanas Reserve Kootenay Mount Revelstoke Pacific Rim Reserve South Okanagan—Similkameen (proposed) Yoho
Marine Conservation Areas	Gwaii Haanas Reserve Southern Strait of Georgia Reserve (proposed)
National Historic Sites	Chilkoot Trail Fisgard Lighthouse Fort Langley Fort Rodd Hill Fort St. James Gitwangak Battle Hill Gulf of Georgia Cannery Kicking Horse Pass Kootanae House Nan Sdins Rogers Pass Stanley Park Twin Falls Tea House more...

National Wildlife Areas

National Wildlife Areas	Alaksen Columbia Qualicum Scott Islands Marine Vaseux-Bighorn Widgeon Valley
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries	Christie Islet Esquimalt Lagoon George C. Reifel Nechako River Shoal Harbour Vaseux Lake Victoria Harbour

Marine Protected Areas

Marine Protected Areas	Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount
Marine Refuges	Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala (Lull/Hoeya) Offshore Pacific Seamounts and Vents Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reef

Provincial Parks & affiliated areas

Parks

Alberni-Clayoquot RD	Clayoquot Arm Clayoquot Plateau Dawley Passage Epper Passage Flores Island Fossli Gibson Marine Hesquiat Lake Hesquiat Peninsula Hitchie Creek Kennedy Lake Kennedy River Bog Maquinna Nitinat River Sproat Lake Stamp River Strathcona Sulphur Passage Sydney Inlet Taylor Arm Tranquil Creek Vargas Island
Bulkley-Nechako RD	Atna River Babine Lake Marine Babine Mountains Babine River Corridor Beaumont Burns Lake Call Lake Dead Man's Island Driftwood Canyon Entiako Ethel F. Wilson Memorial Finger-Tatuk François Lake Little Andrews Bay Marine Morice Lake Mount Blanchet Mount Pope Mudzenchoot Nadina Mountain Nation Lakes Nenikëkh/Nanika-Kidprice Netalzul Meadows Nilkitkwa Lake Old Man Lake Omineca Paarens Beach Rainbow Alley Red Bluff Rubyrock Lake Stuart Lake Stuart Lake Marine Stuart River Sutherland River Takla Lake Marine Tazdli Wyiez Bin/Burnie-Shea Topley Landing Trembleur Lake Tweedsmuir North Tweedsmuir South Tyhee Lake Uncha Mountain Red Hills Wistaria
Capital RD	Beaver Point Bellhouse Bodega Ridge Burgoyne Bay Collinson Point Dionisio Point Discovery Island Marine French Beach Goldstream Gowland Tod ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱/John Dean Juan de Fuca Montague Harbour Mount Erskine Mount Maxwell Ruckle Sooke Mountain Sooke Potholes Wallace Island
Cariboo RD	Beaver Valley Big Creek Bowron Lake Bridge Lake Bull Canyon Canim Beach Cariboo Mountains Cariboo Nature Cariboo River Cedar Point Cottonwood River Donnely Lake Dragon Mountain Flat Lake Horsefly Lake Itcha Ilgachuz Junction Sheep Range Kluskoil Lake Lac La Hache Moose Valley Nazko Lake Nuntsi Pinnacles Puntchesakut Lake Punti Island Rainbow-Qiwentem Ruth Lake Schoolhouse Lake Ten Mile Lake Titetown Ts'il?os Wells Gray Wendle White Pelican
Central Coast RD	Codville Lagoon Marine Oliver Cove Marine Penrose Island Marine Sir Alexander Mackenzie Tweedsmuir South
Central Kootenay RD	Arrow Lakes Champion Lakes Cody Caves Drewry Point Erie Creek Gladstone Goat Range Grohman Narrows Kianuko Kokanee Creek Kokanee Glacier Kootenay Lake Lockhart Beach Lockhart Creek McDonald Creek Pilot Bay Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Rosebery Ryan Stagleap Summit Lake Syringa Valhalla West Arm Yahk
Central Okanagan RD	Bear Creek Browne Lake Fintry Graystokes Kalamalka Lake Myra-Bellevue Okanagan Mountain Trepanier Wrinkly Face
Columbia-Shuswap RD	Adams Lake Anstey-Hunakwa Arrow Lakes Blanket Creek Bugaboo Burges James Gadsden Cinnemousun Narrows Cummins Lakes English Lake Hamber Herald Kingfisher Creek Marl Creek Martha Creek Oregana Creek Pukeashun Shuswap Lake Marine Shuswap Lake Shuswap River Islands Silver Beach Skookumchuck Rapids Sunnybrae Tsútswecw Upper Seymour River Victor Lake White Lake Yard Creek
Comox Valley RD	Boyle Point Denman Island Fillongley Helliwell Jáji7em and Kw’ulh (Sandy Island) Marine Kin Beach Kitty Coleman Miracle Beach Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Rosewall Creek Strathcona Tribune Bay
Cowichan Valley RD	Bamberton Carmanah Walbran Chemainus River Cowichan River Eves Gordon Bay Koksilah River Memory Island Nitinat River Spectacle Lake Wakes Cove West Shawnigan Lake Whaleboat Island Marine
East Kootenay RD	Akamina-Kishinena Bugaboo Columbia Lake Crowsnest Dry Gulch Elk Lakes Elk Valley Gilnockie Height of the Rockies Inonoaklin James Chabot Jimsmith Lake Kikomun Creek Morrissey Mount Assiniboine Mount Fernie Moyie Lake Norbury Lake Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Premier Lake Ryan St. Mary's Alpine Thunder Hill Top of the World Wardner Wasa Lake Whiteswan Lake Windermere Lake
Fraser-Fort George RD	Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Whudujut Arctic Pacific Lakes Bijoux Falls Bobtail Mountain Carp Lake Close-To-The-Edge Crooked River Dahl Lake Erg Mountain Eskers Evanoff Fort George Canyon Fraser River Heather-Dina Lakes Jackman Flats Kakwa Monkman Mount Robson Mount Terry Fox Pine Le Moray Ptarmigan Creek Purden Lake Rearguard Falls Slim Creek Small River Caves Sowchea Bay Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den Three Sisters Lakes Tudyah Lake West Lake West Twin Whiskers Point
Fraser Valley RD	Alexandra Bridge Bridal Veil Falls Chilliwack River Coquihalla Canyon Coquihalla River Cultus Lake Davis Lake E.C. Manning Emory Creek F.H. Barber Ferry Island Garibaldi Golden Ears Kilby Mehatl Creek Nahatlatch Nicolum River Rolley Lake Sasquatch Silver Lake Skagit Valley Sx̱ótsaqel/Chilliwack Lake
Kitimat-Stikine RD	Anderson Flats Bear Glacier Border Lake Boulder Creek Bulkley Junction Tazdli Wyiez Bin/Burnie-Shea Choquette Hot Springs Coste Rocks Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Eagle Bay Exchamsiks River Foch-Gilttoyees Gitnadoiks River Great Glacier Green Inlet Marine Hai Lake–Mount Herman Iskut River Hot Springs Jackson Narrows Marine Kinaskan Lake Kitimat River Kitsumkalum Kitwanga Mountain Kleanza Creek Lakelse Lake Lakelse Lake Wetlands Lava Forks Lowe Inlet Marine Meziadin Lake Mount Edziza Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands Netalzul Meadows Ningunsaw Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Owyacumish River Ross Lake Seeley Lake Seven Sisters Protected Area Sleeping Beauty Mountain Stikine River Sue Channel Swan Lake Kispiox River Todagin South Slope Union Passage Marine
Kootenay Boundary RD	Beaver Creek Boothman's Oxbow Boundary Creek Champion Lakes Christina Lake Conkle Lake Gilpin Grasslands Gladstone Granby Jewel Lake Johnstone Creek King George VI Nancy Greene
Metro Vancouver RD	Apodaca Cypress Golden Ears Mount Seymour Peace Arch Pinecone Burke Say Nuth Khaw Yum (Indian Arm)
Mount Waddington RD	Allison Harbour Marine Broughton Archipelago Marine Cape Scott Claud Elliott Lake Cormorant Channel Marine Echo Bay Marine God's Pocket Marine Lanz and Cox Islands Lawn Point Lower Nimpkish Lower Tsitika Marble River Mquqᵂin/Brooks Peninsula Nimpkish Lake Quatsino Raft Cove Schoen Lake Woss Lake
Nanaimo RD	Arbutus Grove Drumbeg Englishman River Falls Gabriola Sands Gerald Island Hemer Horne Lake Caves Little Qualicum River Falls MacMillan Morden Colliery Historic Petroglyph Pirates Cove Marine Rathtrevor Beach Roberts Memorial Sandwell Saysutshun (Newcastle Island) Spider Lake
North Coast RD	Diana Lake Khutzeymateen Kitson Island Marine Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Lower Skeena River Naikoon Prudhomme Lake Pure Lake
North Okanagan RD	Denison - Bonneau Echo Lake Ellison Enderby Cliffs Granby Graystokes Kalamalka Lake Kekuli Bay Kingfisher Creek Mabel Lake Mara Mara Meadows Monashee Mount Griffin Shuswap River Islands Silver Star Skookumchuck Rapids Upper Violet Creek Wap Creek
Northern Rockies RM	Andy Bailey Jackpine Remnant Kotcho Lake Village Liard River Corridor Liard River Hot Springs Maxhamish Lake Muncho Lake Northern Rocky Mountains Scatter River Old Growth Sikanni Old Growth Smith River Falls – Fort Halkett Stone Mountain Tetsa River Toad River Hot Springs
Okanagan-Similkameen RD	Allison Lake Bromley Rock Cathedral Darke Lake E.C. Manning Eneas Lakes Inkaneep Keremeos Columns Kickininee Nickel Plate Okanagan Lake Okanagan Mountain Otter Lake Skaha Bluffs Stemwinder Sun-Oka Beach sw̓iw̓s (Haynes Point) sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ (Okanagan Falls) Vaseux Lake
Peace River RD	Bearhole Lake Beatton Beatton River Bocock Peak Buckinghorse River Wayside Butler Ridge Charlie Lake Chase East Pine Ed Bird – Estella Lakes Finlay-Russel Graham-Laurier Gwillim Lake Hole-in-the-Wall Kakwa Kiskatinaw Kwadacha Wilderness Milligan Hills Moberly Lake Monkman Muscovite Lakes Omineca One Island Lake Peace River Corridor Pine Le Moray Pine River Breaks Pink Mountain Prophet River Hotsprings Prophet River Wayside Redfern-Keily Sukunka Falls Swan Lake Tatlatui Taylor Landing Wapiti Lake
qathet RD	Anderson Bay Copeland Islands Marine Desolation Sound Marine Inland Lake Malaspina Okeover Arm Jedediah Island Marine Sabine Channel Marine Saltery Bay South Texada Island Squitty Bay
Squamish-Lillooet RD	Alice Lake Birkenhead Lake Blackcomb Glacier Brackendale Eagles Brandywine Falls Bridge River Delta Callaghan Lake Clendinning Duffey Lake Edge Hills Fred Antoine Garibaldi Gwyneth Lake Joffre Lakes Marble Canyon Murrin Nairn Falls Porteau Cove Seton Portage Historic Shannon Falls South Chilcotin Mountains Stawamus Chief Tantalus Upper Lillooet Yalakom
Stikine Region	Atlin/Áa Tlein Téix'i Dall River Old Growth Denetiah Dune Za Keyih Horneline Creek Hyland River Omineca Spatsizi Headwaters Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Stikine River Sustut Tā Ch’ilā (Boya Lake) Tarahne Tatshenshini-Alsek Tuya Mountains
Strathcona RD	Artlish Caves Big Bunsby Marine Bishop River Bligh Island Catala Island Marine Dixie Cove Marine Elk Falls Gold Muchalat Háthayim (Von Donop) Marine Homathko Estuary Loveland Bay Main Lake Mansons Landing Mitlenatch Island Nature Morton Lake Mquqᵂin/Brooks Peninsula Nuchatlitz Octopus Islands Marine Read Island Rebecca Spit Marine Rendezvous Island South Rock Bay Marine Roscoe Bay Rugged Point Marine Santa Gertrudis - Boca del Infierno Marine Small Inlet Marine Smelt Bay Strathcona Strathcona-Westmin Surge Narrows Tahsish-Kwois Teakerne Arm Thurston Bay Marine Walsh Cove Weymer Creek White Ridge White River
Sunshine Coast RD	Buccaneer Bay Francis Point Garden Bay Marine Halkett Bay Marine Hardy Island Marine Harmony Islands Marine Mount Elphinstone Mount Richardson Musket Island Marine Plumper Cove Marine Porpoise Bay Princess Louisa Marine Roberts Creek Sargeant Bay Sechelt Inlets Marine Simson Marine Skookumchuck Narrows Smuggler Cove Marine Spipiyus Tetrahedron
Thompson-Nicola RD	Arrowstone Banana Island Bedard Aspen Big Bar Lake Blue Earth Lake Blue River Black Spruce Blue River Pine Bonaparte Buse Lake Caligata Lake Castle Rock Hoodoos Chasm Chu Chua Cottonwood Churn Creek Coldwater River Copper Johnny Cornwall Hills Downing Dunn Peak Eakin Creek Canyon Eakin Creek Floodplain Edge Hills Elephant Hill Emar Lakes Epsom Finn Creek Flat Lake French Bar Creek Goldpan Green Lake Greenstone Mountain Harbour Dudgeon Lakes Harry Lake Aspen High Lakes Basin Juniper Beach Kentucky Alleyne Loon Lake Marble Canyon Marble Range McConnell Lake Momich Lakes Monck Monte Creek Monte Lake Mount Savona Mud Lake Delta Niskonlith Lake North Thompson Islands North Thompson Oxbows East North Thompson Oxbows Jensen Island North Thompson River Oregon Jack Painted Bluffs Paul Lake Pennask Creek Pennask Lake Pillar Porcupine Meadows Pritchard Pyramid Creek Falls Roche Lake Skihist Steelhead Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Taweel Tsintsunko Lakes Tunkwa Upper Adams River Walhachin Oxbows Walloper Lake Wells Gray Wire Cache

Conservancies

Alty
Banks Nii Łuutiksm
Bishop Bay – Monkey Beach
Bishop Bay – Monkey Beach Corridor
Broughton Archipelago
Burdwood Group
Calvert Island
Cascade-Sutslem
Cetan/Thurston Bay
Crab Lake
Daawuuxusda Heritage
Dean River
Duu Guusd Heritage
Dzawadi/Upper Klinaklini River
Ecstall Headwaters
Ecstall-Sparkling
Ecstall-Spokskuut
Ellerslie-Roscoe
Ethelda Bay – Tennant Island
Europa Lake
Fiordland
Forward Harbour/ƛəx̌əᵂəyəm
Gitxaala Nii Luutiksm/Kitkatla
Gunboat Harbour
Hakai Lúxvbálís
Hanna-Tintina
Hotsprings-No Name Creek
Kamdis
Huchsduwachsdu Nuyem Jees / Kitlope Heritage
Hunwadi/Ahnuhati-Bald
Indian Lake – Hitchcock Creek/Át Ch'îni Shà
Jump Across
Kennedy Island
K'distsausk/Turtle Point
Khtada Lake
Khutzeymateen Inlet
Khyex
Kitasoo Spirit Bear
K’lgaan/Klekane
K’mooda/Lowe-Gamble
K'nabiyaaxl/Ashdown
Koeye
K’ootz/Khutze
Ksgaxl/Stephens Island
Ksi X’anmaas
Ksi xts'at'kw/Stagoo
Ktisgaidz/MacDonald Bay
Kts'mkta'ani/Union Lake
Kun⨱alas Heritage
K'uuna Gwaay Heritage
K'waal
Lady Douglas-Don Peninsula
Lax ka’gaas/Campania
Lax Kul Nii Luutiksm/Bonilla
Lax Kwaxl/Dundas and Melville Islands
Lax Kwil Dziidz/Fin
Lockhart-Gordon
Lucy Islands
Mahpahkum-Ahkwuna/Deserters-Walker
Maxtaktsm'aa/Union Passage
Moksgm’ol/Chapple–Cornwall
Monckton Nii Luutiksm
Nakina – Inklin Rivers (Kuthai Area)/Yáwu Yaa
Nakina – Inklin Rivers/Yáwu Yaa
Namu
Nang Xaldangaas Heritage
Neʼāhʼ
Outer Central Coast Islands
Owikeno
Pa-aat
Polkinghorne Islands
Q’altanaas/Aaltanhash
Qudǝs/Gillard-Jimmy Judd Island Conservancy
Qwiquallaaq/Boat Bay
Shearwater Hot Springs
Tenh Dẕetle
Tlall Heritage
Tsa-Latĺ/Smokehouse
Tutshi Lake/T’ooch’ Áayi
Ugʷiwa’/Cape Caution
Upper Elaho Valley
Upper Gladys River/Watsíx Deiyi
Upper Kimsquit River
Upper Rogers kóḻii7
Upper Soo
Willison Creek – Nelson Lake/Sít’ Héeni
Yaaguun Gandlaay
Yaaguun Suu

Ecological reserves

Aleza Lake
Ambrose Lake
Anne Vallée (Triangle Island)
Baeria Rocks
Ballingall Islets
Baynes Island
Bednesti Lake
Beresford Island
Big Creek
Big White Mountain
Blackwater Creek
Bowen Island
Bowser
Browne Lake
Buck Hills Road
Burnt Cabin Bog
Byers-Conroy-Harvey-Sinnett Islands
Canoe Islets
Checleset Bay
Claud Elliott Creek
Columbia Lake
Drizzle Lake
Duke of Edinburgh (Pine/Storm/Tree Islets)
Dewdney and Glide Islands
East Redonda Island
Gingietl Creek
Gladys Lake
Ilgachuz Range
Klanawa River
Misty Lake
Mount Derby
Mount Elliott
Mount Tzouhalem
Nitinat Lake
Race Rocks
Robson Bight
Rose Spit
San Juan River Estuary
Sikanni Chief River
Solander Island
Tow Hill
Trial Islands
Tsitika Mountain
Vladimir J. Krajina

Protected areas

Anarchist
Brent Mountain
Brim River Hot Springs
Chukachida
Churn Creek
Craig Headwaters
Damdochax
Homathko River - Tatlayoko
Klua Lakes
Lac du Bois Grasslands
Lucy Islands
Nechako Canyon
Pitman River
Snowy
South Okanagan Grasslands
Thinahtea
Thunderbird's Nest (T'iitsk'in Paawats)
Upper Raush
Vaseux
White Lake Grasslands

Recreation areas

Wildlife Management Areas
Bert Brink Boundary Bay Chilanko Marsh Cluxewe Columbia Wetlands Coquitlam River Cranberry Marsh/Starratt Dewdrop-Rosseau Creek East Side Columbia Lake Green Mountain Hamling Lakes Lhá:lt/Harrison-Chehalis Lazo Marsh-North East Comox McTaggart-Cowan/Nsək'łniw't Midge Creek Parksville-Qualicum Beach Pemberton Wetlands Pitt-Addington Marsh Quatse Estuary Roberts Bank S'amunu Serpentine Skwelwil'em Squamish Estuary South Arm Marshes South Okanagan Stellako River Sturgeon Bank Swan Lake Todagin Tofino Mudflats Tranquille

Wildlife Management Areas

Bert Brink
Boundary Bay
Chilanko Marsh
Cluxewe
Columbia Wetlands
Coquitlam River
Cranberry Marsh/Starratt
Dewdrop-Rosseau Creek
East Side Columbia Lake
Green Mountain
Hamling Lakes
Lhá:lt/Harrison-Chehalis
Lazo Marsh-North East Comox
McTaggart-Cowan/Nsək'łniw't
Midge Creek
Parksville-Qualicum Beach
Pemberton Wetlands
Pitt-Addington Marsh
Quatse Estuary
Roberts Bank
S'amunu
Serpentine
Skwelwil'em Squamish Estuary
South Arm Marshes
South Okanagan
Stellako River
Sturgeon Bank
Swan Lake
Todagin
Tofino Mudflats
Tranquille

Regional Parks
Burnaby Lake Campbell Valley Capilano River Cascade Falls Derby Reach Elk/Beaver Lake Island View Beach Kanaka Creek Minnekhada Mount Arrowsmith Mount Douglas Pacific Spirit Sooke Potholes Surrey Bend təmtəmíxʷtən/Belcarra

Other
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area Hidden Grove/Sechelt Heritage Forest Maplewood Flats Conservation Area Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Sacred Headwaters (proposed) Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary