Porteau Cove Provincial Park - British Columbia
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gypsie2
N 49° 33.576 W 123° 14.089
10U E 483018 N 5489693
Small provincial park on the Sea to Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler, BC.
Waymark Code: WMFG3K
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 10/14/2012
Views: 4
Porteau Cove is noted as a dive site and is close enough to Vancouver to be an easy day trip. Two ships were sunk here to provide diving opportunities.
There is also a campground here, as well as stupendous scenery. We have give a low rating of 3.5 due to the proximity of the train tracks.
Park Type: day use or overnight
Activities:
picnic, camping, dive site.
Background:
"Porteau" is french for "water's gate". The area has had that name since 1908. There was a small mining community here from that time until the beginning of the depression.
Date Established?: July 28, 1981
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Park Fees: Not listed
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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