Apodaca Provincial Park
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Apodaca Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 12 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 65090 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 21 ' N , 123 ° 20' W | |
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| Sea level | from 0 m to 120 m | |
| Setup date | November 22, 1954 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Apodaca Provincial Park is a 12 ha large provincial park in the southwest of the Canadian province of British Columbia . The park is to the east of Bowen Island , at the entrance to Howe Sound . The park is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District .
investment
The reserve is located on the east coast of Bowen Island and is traversed by Optimist Creek . It comprises 8 hectares of land and 4 hectares of upstream water and tidal zone . To the west lies the Bowen Island Ecological Reserve as a further protected area .
The protected area classified by the province as a Class A Park is an IUCN Category II protected area ( national park ).
history
The reserve was established on November 22, 1954. Its name goes back to the Isla de Apodaca under which Bowen Island was mapped in 1791 by the Spanish naval officer and explorer José María Narváez . In 1953, James S. Matthews, a Vancouver citizen, donated this property to the province.
Flora and fauna
British Columbia's ecosystem is divided into different biogeoclimatic zones using the Biogeoclimatic Ecological Classification (BEC) Zoning System . These biogeoclimatic zones are characterized by a fundamentally identical or very similar climate and the same or very similar biological and geological conditions. This results in a very similar population of plants and animals in the respective zones. The park is then assigned to the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone .
The plant population is more typical of the islands of the Gulf Islands with the common Douglas fir , the coastal pine and the American strawberry tree as well as the Shallon pseudo-berry , the edible prairie lily and the honeysuckle .
The detectable animal species correspond to the island location of the park. There are only various small predators on land. There are no large land robbers in the park. The same is true of mammals, i. H. mainly small mammals live here. The largest mammal found here on land is the mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus columbianus , Columbia black- tailed deer).
The bird world is very extensive, both sea and land birds can be found here. The birds that can be found here also include the Marmelalk , the pigeon duck or the guinea pig . Continue to live in the park Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ), dusky grouse ( Dendragapus obscurus ), the Rotrückenmeise ( poecile rufescens ), the mourning warbler ( Setophaga nigrescens Black-throated Gray Warbler, Eng.).
The sea provides habitat and food, for example in the form of the Pacific herring or the surf perch and the numerous species of salmon, for seals and Steller's sea lions as well as for the common porpoise and the killer whale .
Web links
- Apodaca Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Apodaca Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Apodaca Provincial Park (English)
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Apodaca Master Plan. (PDF; 559.15 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , November 1983, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed May 18, 2016 .