Arrowstone Provincial Park is a
provincial park in the
Thompson Country of the
Southern Interior of British Columbia,
Canada, located to the northeast of the town of
Cache Creek. The park was established by
Order-in-Council in 1996 with an area of 6203 hectares. In 2000 its boundaries were slightly reduced, such that its area is now 6175 hectares.
The park protects part of the area of the Arrowstone Hills, a dryland forest wilderness also notable for its collection of
hoodoos
A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the ...
. The name derives from the occurrence in the area of a type of
basalt used in the making of arrowheads.
See also
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Elephant Hill Provincial Park
References
External links
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Thompson Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1996 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1996
{{British Columbia parks