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Mount Richardson Park

49.571° N, 123.7612° W

Mount Richardson Park, British Columbia. 49.571° N, 123.7612° W

Provincial park, 10 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/mount-richardson-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Mount Richardson Park is a 10 km² provincial park 9.3 km north of Selma Park, in British Columbia. It was established in 1999.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Richardson Lake (0.13 km²).

Area
10 km²
Established
1999
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

13.8 °C

Wind ESE 10 km/h

Observed at Sechelt, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy this evening then rain. Fog patches near the coast this evening. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 except gusting to 70 near the Strait of Georgia overnight. Low 12.

Weather: Sechelt (local forecast), as of 12:03 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:55 a.m.
Sunrise
7:27 a.m.
Sunset
6:36 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:08 p.m.
Moonrise
6:27 a.m.
Moonset
5:56 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Nanaimo / Parksville, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

In the park

FeatureArea
1Richardson Lake0.13 km²

Things to do

Activities

  • Canoeing
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Hunting
  • Pets on leash
  • Scuba diving
  • Swimming

Camping

  • Frontcountry camping
  • Marine-accessible camping

Facilities

  • Campfires
  • Pit or flush toilets

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Class A
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia
Official website
bcparks.ca