James Chabot Provincial Park is a provincial park

Provincial park

A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...

 in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Formerly Athalmer Beach Provincial Park, it is located in Invermere

Invermere, British Columbia

Invermere is a community in eastern British Columbia, Canada, near the border of Alberta. With its growing permanent population of almost 4,000 , swelling to near 40,000 on summer weekends, it is the hub of the Columbia Valley between Golden, and Cranbrook...

 at the northeast end of Windermere Lake in the Columbia Valley

Columbia Valley

The Columbia Valley is the name used for a region in the Rocky Mountain Trench near the headwaters of the Columbia River between the town of Golden and the Canal Flats. The main hub of the valley is the town of Invermere. Other towns include Radium Hot Springs, Windermere and Fairmont Hot Springs...

 region of the East Kootenay. Windermere Lake Provincial Park

Windermere Lake Provincial Park

Windermere Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 10km south of Windermere.-Geography:The park offers protection to scarce tracts of local native grasslands and habitat along the western shore of Windermere Lake. White-tail deer, mule deer, and elk use the...

 is located at the lake's southwestern end.

It is named for James Chabot

James Chabot

James Roland Chabot, usually referred to as Jim Chabot, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada for the riding of Columbia and its successor riding Columbia River, representing those electoral district from 1963 to 1986....

, aka Jim Chabot, MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

 for Columbia-Revelstoke

Columbia-Revelstoke

Columbia-Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its only appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933....

 from 1963 to 1986 and former Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing in the regime of Social Credit Premier W.A.C. Bennett

W.A.C. Bennett

William Andrew Cecil Bennett, PC, OC was the 25th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia. With just over 20 years in office, Bennett was and remains the longest-serving premier in British Columbia history. He was usually referred to as W.A.C...

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