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Provincial park in Manitoba, Canada Not to be confused with Elk Island National Park, Alberta.

Elk Island Provincial Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)

Location	Manitoba, Canada
Nearest town	Powerview-Pine Falls, Manitoba
Coordinates	50°45′17″N 96°32′45″W / 50.75472°N 96.54583°W / 50.75472; -96.54583
Area	10.7 km (4.1 sq mi)
Established	1974
Governing body	Government of Manitoba

Elk Island Provincial Park

Elk Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. The park is 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi) in size, and is considered to be a Class III protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories.

History

Elk Island Provincial Park was designated under the Provincial Parks Act by the Government of Manitoba in 1974. The area was protected between 1970 and 1974 as part of nearby Grand Beach Provincial Park.

An island labelled "Isle aux Biches" appears in this approximate location in a 1775 map made by Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye from explorations led by La Verendrye.

Elk Island is listed as one of several locations used during fall harvesting of fish from Lake Winnipeg shortly after the creation of Manitoba as a province of Canada in 1870.

Faith Bible Camp, a children's summer camp was established on the island in 1954. The camp was moved to a new location on Sandy Bay in 1969 prior to the island becoming part of Grand Beach Provincial Park.

External links

Elk Island Provincial Park on iNaturalist

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References

"Elk Island Provincial Park". Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
A System Plan for Manitoba's Provincial Park (PDF). Government of Manitoba. March 1997. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
"Elk Island Provincial Park". Protected Planet. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ "Elk Island Provincial Park Management Plan" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
Reynolds, George F. (Spring 1971). "La Verendrye and Manitoba's First Mine". Manitoba Pageant. 16 (3). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
Tough, Frank (2000). "Manitoba History: "The Storehouses of the Good God:" Aboriginal Peoples and Freshwater Fisheries in Manitoba". Manitoba History. 39 (Spring/Summer). Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
Kuzina, Rose. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Faith Bible Camp Chapel (RM of Victoria Beach)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "Our History". Faith Bible Camp. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

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