Western Area Peninsula National Park is a protected area in Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 183.37 km². History The area became a forest reserve in 1916 and had an area of . It was demarcated by Charles Lane Poole, Sierra Leone's first ever 'Conservator of Forests,' and founder of the Sierra Leonean Forestry Department. It became a national park in 2012. The Government of Sierra Leone has published the "Statutory Instrument, Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLIII, No.69 dated 29 …