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==History== The [[traditional owners]] of the area are the [[Mineng]] people; [[Aboriginal Australian]]s have inhabited the area for between 40,000 and 50,000 years. Artefacts including pieces of stone tools have been found in the park at Lights Beach, Lake Byleveld and Parry Inlet.<ref name=keenan>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterkeelan.com.au/GreensPool/downloads/book/GPM_paradise2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216232308/http://peterkeelan.com.au/GreensPool/downloads/book/GPM_paradise2.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-16 |url-status=live|title=Part 1 : William Bay|access-date=5 December 2018|publisher=Peter Keelan|author=Peter Keelan|year=2015}}</ref> William Bay was named after the famed British Arctic explorer and navigator, Sir [[William Edward Parry]], as were two other nearby features, Parry Inlet and Edward Point. The bay was named in the 1830s by [[John Septimus Roe]]. The area was declared as a national park in 1971 with an area of {{cvt|4644|acre}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/static/Journals/080022e/080022.e_1971-1972.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235012/https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/static/Journals/080022e/080022.e_1971-1972.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-06 |url-status=live|title=National Parks Board of Western Australia Annual Report 1971-1972|access-date=6 December 2018|year=1972|publisher=Government of Western Australia}}</ref> A small reserve with an area of {{cvt|29.5|ha|abbr=on}} located near the north east end of the park that encompasses Lake Bylveld was added to the park in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterkeelan.com.au/GreensPool/downloads/book/GPM_paradise6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216232324/http://peterkeelan.com.au/GreensPool/downloads/book/GPM_paradise6.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-16 |url-status=live|title=Part 2 : William Bay National Park|access-date=6 December 2018|publisher=Peter Keelan|author=Peter Keelan|year=2015}}</ref> The park is a popular tourist destination, with 137,000 visitors in 2006β2007, 208,000 in 2010-2011 and 238,000 visitors in 2014β2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterkeelan.com.au/GreensPool/downloads/GPM_Visitor_Stats.docx|title=Visitor Statistics-William Bay National Park|year=2015|access-date=6 December 2018|publisher=Peter Keelan}}</ref>
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