| Browne Lake Provincial Park | |
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| Location | Central Okanagan,British Columbia,Canada |
| Nearest city | Kelowna |
| Coordinates | 49°49′29″N119°11′14″W / 49.82472°N 119.18722°W /49.82472; -119.18722 |
| Area | 47 ha (120 acres) |
| Established | 2004 |
| Governing body | BC Parks |
Browne Lake Provincial Park is aprovincial park inBritish Columbia,Canada, located 22 km east-southeast ofKelowna in theOkanagan Highland, nearBig White Ski Resort and between the heads of Hydraulic and Grouse Creeks.[2]
The park was established in 2004 byOrder-in-Council, to protect theInterior Douglas-fir-Montane Spruce transition forest.[3]
Browne Lake Ecological Reserve, comprising 114 hectares, lies to its northwest, and had been established in 1973, to protect awet meadow ecosystem and surrounding forest in theInterior Cedar Hemlock zone.[4]
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