Bear Glacier Provincial Park
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Bear Glacier Provincial Park
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 The Bear River Glacier in 2009 |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 5.42 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 555516308 | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 6 ' N , 129 ° 41' W | |
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| Sea level | from 450 m to 1200 m | |
| Setup date | May 11, 2000 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Bear Glacier Provincial Park is a 542 ha large provincial park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The tongue of Bear River Glacier can be seen halfway between Meziadin Junction and Stewart from Highway 37A .
investment
The glacier filled the entire pass area until the 1940s, but has been retreating since then. This is how Strohn Lake was created . Between 1958 and 1962, the lake emptied five times through a tunnel below the glacier. In 1967 the glacier that dammed the lake melted so far that the lake could drain away.
The park is a category III protected area ( natural monument ).
history
The park was established by the Nisga'a Treaty , Appendix G-3 on May 11, 2000. The Nisga'a have their traditional settlement area in this area.
Flora and fauna
Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the area in which the park is located is predominantly assigned to the Wet Very Cold Subzone of the Engelmann Spruce Subalpine Fir Zone . These biogeoclimatic zones are characterized by a similar climate and the same or similar biological and geological conditions. This results in a very similar population of plants and animals in the same zones.
Trivia
The glacier can be seen in a scene from the film Insomnia with Al Pacino .
Web links
- Bear Glacier Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Bear Glacier Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Bear Glacier Park (English)
- ^ Bear Glacier Park - Management Direction Statement. (PDF; 553.44 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 .