Bamberton Provincial Park
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Bamberton Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 27 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 65096 | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 36 ' N , 123 ° 32' W | |
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| Setup date | March 28, 1960 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Bamberton Provincial Park is a 27-hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is located about 45 kilometers north of Victoria on the east coast of Vancouver Island and can be reached from Highway 1 . The park is located in the Cowichan Valley Regional District .
investment
The relatively small park consists of the spatially separated camping area and the picnic area. While the picnic area is right on the bank of Saanich Inlet, the camping area is not far from the bank. Although the distance between the two areas is not very great, there is a difference in altitude of around 50 meters between them. On the opposite west side of the bay is the Saanich Peninsula . The name of the peninsula and the bay goes back to the local coastal Salish Indians, the Saanich .
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).
history
The park was established as a private recreation area by the British Columbia Cement Company and transferred to the Province of British Columbia in 1960. The park is named after HKBamber, a manager in the cement industry.
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, this one too was the hunting and fishing area of various First Nations tribes long before the area was settled by immigrants or it became part of a park . Even today, various areas around Johns Creek are used by them as part of solemn ceremonies.
Flora and fauna
The park is located in the temperate rainforest . In the Köppen and Geiger climate classification , the climate corresponds to type Cfb. Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the area in which the park is located is assigned to the Moist Maritime Subzone of the Coastal Douglas-fir Zone . These biogeoclimatic zones are characterized by a 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.
After forestry use and afforestation, mainly Douglas firs grow here . However, there are also American strawberry trees (English Arbutus tree ). The trees are easy to identify by their leathery, glossy green leaves, which turn purple in early summer and their bright red-brown, peeling bark. The strawberry tree is Canada's only evergreen deciduous tree.
Here, too, the forest has an undergrowth of sword ferns and heather plants. In the undergrowth there are also Cornus nuttallii (Engl., Also called Pacific Cornus florida Pacific dogwood ).
The tidal range of the Strait of Georgia continues into Saanich Inlet. Even at the end of the bay, at Finlayson Arm, it is usually about 3 meters. The resulting intertidal zone is rich in marine life as well as seaweed . At low tide there is a chance to see mussel beds and other marine life on the beach. The mussels as well as fish attract ospreys and bald eagles .
activities
The tourist attractions of the park are the picnic area with its more than 200 meters long sandy beach and the intertidal zone.
The park has a camping area with simple sanitary facilities. This offers a total of 53 parking spaces for mobile homes and tents, some of which can be reserved.
Web links
- Bamberton Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Bamberton Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Bamberton Park (English)
- ↑ Bamberton Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 97.22 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , March 2003, accessed on December 16, 2012 (English).
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed on December 16, 2012 .
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed April 4, 2016 .
- ↑ TreeBook. Arbutus tree. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed October 20, 2012 .
- ↑ TreeBook. Pacific dogwood. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed October 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Finlayson Arm (# 7284) Tidal Prediction. Fisheries and Oceans Canada , accessed October 20, 2012 .