Andy Bailey Provincial Park, Provincial park near Fort Nelson, Canada.
Andy Bailey Provincial Park was a 196-hectare provincial park 28 kilometres southeast of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, protecting black and white spruce forests and habitat for moose, beavers, foxes and songbirds. It lay at 488 metres elevation beside Andy Bailey Lake, in nearly uninhabited terrain with fewer than two residents per square kilometre.
The area began as Jackfish Lake Recreation Area in 1979 and became a provincial park in 1999. Local government took over management in 2005.
Andy Bailey Lake honours a Fort Nelson pioneer who cut the first trail to the lake and later built road access to it. Bailey, a volunteer in the Fort Nelson community, came from Belmond, Iowa. The name was given to the recreation area in 1982, three years after it was established as Jackfish Lake Recreation Area.
The park is situated roughly 28 kilometers (17 miles) southeast of Fort Nelson with 13 campsites offering basic facilities such as pit toilets and a boat launch. Visitors should be prepared for simple conditions and use only non-motorized watercraft.
Andy Bailey Lake is named after a Fort Nelson-area pioneer who cut the first trail to the lake and later built road access to it; he was also a noted volunteer in the community and came from Belmond, Iowa.
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