Sudeten Provincial Park
Sudeten Provincial Park is a former provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.[1] Ownership of the five-hectare park was transferred from the provincial government to local government for park purposes in 2006.[2] It is now known as Sudeten Heritage Park and operated by Tomslake & District Recreation Commission.[3]
Historical significance[edit]
Sudetenland is the historical German name given to certain border regions of the former Czechoslovakia that were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans. In 1939, following the Munich Agreement which assigned the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany, Canada announced it would permit approximately 3,000 Sudeten German (notably Jewish and Socialist) refugees entry to become farmers. Of the 1000 refugees who settled in Canada, half were settled in the Tomslake region of northern British Columbia and the rest in Saskatchewan[4][5][6] To commemorate these hardy settlers, many of whom had no experience farming, who fled persecution in their homeland, this park was established.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2006". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ Four New Class A Parks for British Columbia Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Camping at Sudeten Heritage Park in BC
- ^ "3000 Refugees to Settle in Canada as Farmers" (PDF). Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1939-03-06. p. 5. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ J. F. WAGNER. "Tomslake: History of the Sudeten Germans in Canada". University of British Columbia.
- ^ Andrew Amstatter (1978). Tomslake: History of the Sudeten Germans in Canada. Saanichton, BC, Canada: Hancock House Publishers. p. 183.
- ^ "Sudeten Provincial Park" (PDF). Government of British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 24 December 2021.