Mara Provincial Park

{{short description|Provincial park in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{for|the Mara Provincial Park in Ontario|Mara Provincial Park (Ontario)}}

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Mara Provincial Park is a day-use provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Mara Lake south of Sicamous.{{BCGNIS|5545|Mara Park}}

The park is open with services from May 1 to September 27, and the gate is locked open during the off season.{{cite web

| title=Mara Provincial Park

| url=http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/mara/|publisher=British Columbia, Ministry of Environment

| access-date=16 October 2013

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Mara Provincial Park is dedicated to intensive recreation, providing opportunities for public recreation

access and use of Mara Lake, with emphasis on swimming, picnicking and boat launching. Mara Provincial Park

provides good sandy beaches and the only major public access and boat launch on Mara Lake.

There is fish-spawning at the mouths of two creeks. One kekuli pit can be found in the park, but

this feature is only considered as locally significant.{{cite web

| title=Mara Provincial Park, Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan

| url=http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/planning/mgmtplns/mara/mara_ps.pdf|publisher=British Columbia, Ministry of Environment

| date=February 2003

| access-date=26 October 2015

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