Mount Richardson Provincial Park, Provincial park in Sunshine Coast Regional District, Canada
Mount Richardson Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, on the lower Sunshine Coast north of Sechelt. Its terrain rises to 813 metres, with surrounding hills reaching 979 metres about a kilometre to the south, and the sea lies closest to the east. The nearest town is Sechelt, roughly 9.7 km to the southwest.
Mount Richardson Provincial Park lies on the lower Sunshine Coast north of Sechelt, in the Sunshine Coast Regional District of British Columbia. The sources give no founding date, area figure or protection history for the park, so its establishment details remain undocumented here. Its terrain rises to about 813 metres, with a 979-metre summit roughly a kilometre to the south, and Sechelt sits about 9.7 km to the southwest.
The park lies on the lower Sunshine Coast north of Sechelt, within the traditional territory of the shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation, whose name is also borne by the town and inlet nearby. The park's boat-access camping areas at Oyster Beach, Nine Mile Point and Tuwanek sit on this coast, and the surrounding waters and forests remain part of the nation's territory today.
The park lies on the lower Sunshine Coast north of Sechelt, with Sechelt about 9.7 km to the southwest of the park area. Terrain around the park is mountainous, rising to 979 m within a kilometre to the south, and the sea is the nearest water body to the east. Plan access from the coast accordingly.
The park's name comes from Mount Richardson, whose summit reaches 979 metres about 1 km north of the park's high point at 813 metres. The terrain around it is mountainous, with the sea the nearest feature to the east and Sechelt about 9.7 km to the southwest.
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