Darke Lake Provincial Park

Darke Lake Park
Fish Lake
Provincial Park
Moon rises over Darke Lake Provincial Park on a Late Winter Evening
Country Canada
Coordinates 49°44′00″N 119°52′00″W / 49.73333°N 119.86667°W / 49.73333; -119.86667Coordinates: 49°44′00″N 119°52′00″W / 49.73333°N 119.86667°W / 49.73333; -119.86667
Area 1,470 ha (3,632 acres)
Founded 1968

Darke Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located west of Okanagan Lake, southwest of the town of Peachland in that province's Okanagan region. The park is approximately 1,470 hectares (3,600 acres) in size and was established in 1968.[1] Darke Lake, also mapped historically as Fish Lake, is northwest of Summerland and is named after Silas Robert Darke, an early settler in the 1890s.[2][3]

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