Geography
Norbury Lake Park covers an area of 97 hectares (240 acres) and is located in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south of Fort Steele. It is situated in the Rocky Mountain Trench, with views of the Hughes Range.
The park includes two lakes: Peckham's Lake in the centre of the park, and Norbury Lake, whose northern-most section falls within the park boundary. Both lakes were formerly known as Norbury Lake, in honour of F. Paget Norbury, a local resident who was a magistrate in Fort Steele in the late nineteenth century. Peckham's Lake gained its name when Norbury sold the adjoining land to the Peckham family.
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