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Get Your BC Parks Passport Now!
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The BC Parks Passport is an exciting program geared towards families, but BC Parks encourages everyone – especially those kids at heart - to join the adventure! Passport holders can choose from over 200 sites in B.C. to visit, including provincial parks and Visitor Centres. The BC Parks Passport program encourages passport holders to have fun and experience new places while collecting stamps/stickers towards wonderful and fabulous prizes. There are also coupons and trip planning resources in the passport. Any questions - please email Park Info. Click here for a pdf of the passport. [PDF 3.33MB] |
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Ranger Welcome:
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In my first memory of a BC Park, I am a young boy, standing under fall colours and hanging lichen at Goldstream Provincial Park, watching salmon complete their amazing life cycle.
As I grew so did my memories of BC Parks:
Foggy tranquil mornings on the Juan de Fuca trail listening to gray whales surface offshore; or walking through the oceans of blooming colour in the alpine meadows of Wells Gray Park.
Turquoise waters seen from the golden grasslands of Kalamalka Lake Park and friends laughing around a campfire in Ruckle Park; and as a park ranger in Desolation Sound Park watching the sun cast fiery colors across the horizon as it sets over the Strait of Georgia.
My memories have now come full circle. Now that I have a young son, my new memory of Goldstream Park is the look on my son’s face as he watches the fish fight their way upstream and experiences one of nature’s great journeys.
As you experience our amazing provincial park system this year, I invite you to take time to truly cherish your memories, both old and new.
Enjoy your visit,
Ryan Elphick, Senior Park Ranger, South Coast Region Program Dates:
- May 18, 2012 to December 31, 2013
Stamps are available at BC Parks campgrounds when full-service/full camping fees are in effect and stickers are available at Visitor Centres during seasonal operating hours.
Awards:
1. BC Parks Prizes
One (1) prize per collection page will be awarded as follows;
For every six (6) stamps collected and dated on the BC Parks collection pages (p. 12 & 13), passport holders will receive a high-quality, collectible Jerry the Moose pin. Pins are different for 2012 and 2013. Once the validation line has been signed, the prize for that page will be assumed to have been collected and will not be awarded at a later date. Passport holders may collect a stamp for each day they visit or camp at any participating BC park. Park stamps do not need to be unique, for example, all stamps can be collected in the same park if the passport holder visited or camped on six different days.
2. Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC Prizes (Learn to Fish)
A maximum one (1) award per passport holder will be awarded as follows;
Participants who attend a Learn to Fish program in a BC Park are eligible to collect a starter fishing tackle gift. A sticker (p. 24) and the award can be collected from a Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC visitor centre.
3. Visitor Centre Prizes
A maximum of one (1) prize per passport holder per year will be awarded as follows;
For every six (6) unique Visitor Centre stickers affixed to the designated Visitor Centre collection pages (p. 21 & 22), you will receive one exclusive, branded, foldable, environmentally-friendly water bottle. Collect yours from a participating Visitor Centre. There are two collection pages, one for 2012 and one for 2013, so retain your passport to use again next year!
Once the validation line has been signed, the prize for that page will be assumed to have been collected and will not be awarded at a later date.
Where to get a Passport:
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At all participating sites – most provincial park campgrounds and BC Visitor Centres – are distributing passports. You can pick up your first stamp/sticker there too! See participating sites below.
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List of Participating Sites:
- All participating BC Parks and Visitor Centres are listed by tourism region. See map.
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Provincial Parks Visitor Centres Big Bar 100 Mile House Bowron Lake Lillooet Green Lake Quesnel Ten Mile Lake Wells Williams Lake Northern British Columbia Provincial Parks Visitor Centres Beatton Burns Lake Beaumont Chetwynd Boya Lake Dawson Creek Carp Lake Fort Nelson Charlie Lake Fort St. James Crooked River – Bear Lake Fort St. John Lakelse Lake Granisle Liard River Hot Springs Houston Moberly Lake Hudson’s Hope Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Kitimat Paarens Beach Mackenzie Purden Lake McBride Red Bluff New Hazelton Sowchea Bay Prince George Swan Lake Prince Rupert Whiskers Point Queen Charlotte Sandspit Smithers Stewart Taylor Terrace Tumbler Ridge Vanderhoof Thompson Okanagan Provincial Parks Visitor Centres Adams Lake – Bush Creek BCVC @ Merritt Allison Lake BCVC @ Mt. Robson Bear Creek BCVC @ Osoyoos Bromley Rock Armstrong Cathedral Chase E.C. Manning – Coldspring Clearwater E.C. Manning – Hampton Enderby E.C. Manning – Lightening Lake Grand Forks E.C. Manning – Mule Deer Greenwood E.C. Manning Park Lodge Kamloops E.C. Manning Park Visitor Centre Kelowna Ellison Keremeos Fintry Logan Lake Gladstone – Texas Creek Lumby Herald Okanagan Connector Kekuli Bay Oliver Kentucky Alleyne Peachland Kettle River Penticton Lac Le Jeune Princeton Mabel Lake Salmon Arm Monck Sicamous Mount Robson Summerland Niskonlith Lake Valemount North Thompson River Vernon Okanagan Lake South West Kelowna Otter Lake Paul Lake Roderick Haig-Brown Shuswap Lake Steelhead Stemwinder Tunkwa Wells Gray – Clearwater Lake Vancouver Island Provincial Parks Visitor Centres Bamberton Alert Bay China Beach Campbell River Cowichan River – Stoltz Pool Chemainus Elk Falls Comox Valley Englishman River Duncan Fillongley Gabriola Island French Beach Gold River Goldstream Nature House Ladysmith Goldstream Lake Cowichan Gordon Bay Nanaimo Horne Lake Caves Parksville Little Qualicum Falls Port Alberni Loveland Bay Port Hardy Miracle Beach Port McNeill Miracle Beach Nature House Qualicum Beach Montague Harbour Salt Spring Island Morton Lake Sidney Rathtrevor Beach Sooke Rathtrevor Nature House Tofino Ruckle Ucluelet Smelt Bay Victoria Sproat Lake Stamp Falls Strathcona - Buttle Lake Strathcona - Ralph River Strathcona Park Wilderness Centre Kootenay Rockies Provincial Parks Visitor Centres Blanket Creek BCVC @ Golden Dry Gulch Castlegar Kikomun Creek Cranbrook Kokanee Creek Creston Martha Creek Elkford McDonald Creek Fernie Moyie Lake Invermere Norbury Lake Kaslo Premier Lake Kimberley Rosebery Nakusp Syringa Nelson Wasa Lake New Denver Whiteswan Lake Radium Hot Springs Yahk Revelstoke Rossland Sparwood Trail Vancouver Coast & Mountains Provincial Parks Visitor Centres Alice Lake BCVC @ Peace Arch Birkenhead Lake BCVC @ YVR Chilliwack Lake Abbotsford Cultus Lake Chilliwack Golden Ears Delta Inland Lake Gibsons Nairn Falls Hope Plumper Cove Langley Porpoise Bay Lytton Porteau Cove Mission Roberts Creek New Westminster Rolley Lake North Vancouver Saltery Bay Pemberton Sasquatch Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge Shannon Falls Powell River Richmond Sechelt Squamish Surrey Vancouver Whistler White Rock
What is that boxy thing on the back of the Passport?
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It is a Quick Response code (QR code). QR codes can contain information such as a URL, a phone number, a photo, a map, or some text information that may be useful to you. Think of it as a bar code that you can read with your smart phone.
The QR code below directly links to the BC Parks home page as a convenient way to access information about camping and activities in BC Parks.
