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Fossli Provincial Park

Provincial park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada

Fossli Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Fossli Park viewed from across Stirling Arm on Sproat Lake
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Nearest town	Port Alberni, British Columbia
Area	52 ha (130 acres)
Established	November 7, 1974

Fossli Provincial Park is a provincial parkinBritish Columbia, Canada, located on Stirling Arm of Sproat LakeonVancouver Island. The 52-hectare park, west of Port Alberni, is accessible by water or private logging road. It has few services, but has a 30-minute hiking trail to an old homestead site.^[1] The homestead belonged to Helen and Armour Ford, who donated the land for the park to the province in 1974. Saint Andrew's Creek runs through the park, and is a fall spawning ground for coho salmon.^[2]

The name of the park derives from local names conferred by an early Norwegian Canadian immigrant after his home village in the Eidfjord region of Norway. The name means "waterfall in the valley".^[3]

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  Sign for Fossli Trail rises above a salal bush
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  Footbridge on trail
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  Giant bigleaf maple covered in moss
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  Moss-covered alders rise from a floor of sword fern
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  Banana slug along the trail on wet day
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  Waterfall on the creek in the park

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• BC Parks. Fossli Provincial Park

49°15′00″N 124°57′00″W / 49.25000°N 124.95000°W / 49.25000; -124.95000

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