Beatton Provincial Park

	Beatton Provincial Park IUCN Category II - National Park
location	British Columbia (Canada)
surface	3.3 km²
WDPA ID	65100
Geographical location	56 ° 20 ' N , 120 ° 57' W Coordinates: 56 ° 19 '34 " N , 120 ° 56' 36" W.
Sea level	from 700 m to 760 m
Setup date	September 14, 1934
administration	BC parks

The Beatton Provincial Park is a 330 ha large provincial park in Canada's British Columbia . The park is on the east bank of Charlie Lake , 15 kilometers northwest of Fort St. John , in the Peace River Regional District .

The park is one of the ten oldest of the Provincial Parks in British Columbia .

investment

The park is on the east bank of Charlie Lake. Charlie Lake Provincial Park is on the opposite west bank of the lake .
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).

history

As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, this one too was the hunting and fishing area of various First Nations peoples long before the area was settled by European immigrants or part of a park . Archaeological evidence of its use has not yet been found in the park. However, about nine kilometers south of the Charlie Lake Cave , which shows that the area has been used for up to 11,000 years.

The park was established on October 13, 1933, and its status was last legally confirmed in 2004 when around 18 hectares of the lake were added to the reserve and the park reached its present size.

Flora and fauna

Within the ecosystem of British Columbia, which is divided into different biogeoclimatic zones with the Biogeoclimatic Ecological Classification (BEC) Zoning System , the park is assigned to the Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone . Biogeoclimatic zones are characterized by a fundamentally identical 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.

activities

The park does not have a well-developed tourist infrastructure. The park, which is open all year round, has, in addition to a picnic area, 39 parking spaces for mobile homes and tents as well as simple sanitary facilities. As a special feature, the park has around 15 kilometers of cross-country trails.

Web links

Beatton Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
Beatton Provincial Park The park's English-language website at BC Parks
Information to the park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)

Individual evidence

↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Beatton Provincial Park (English)
↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed March 25, 2019 .
^ Beatton Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 110.48 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , February 2003, accessed on March 25, 2019 (English).
^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on March 25, 2019 .

[1] World Database on Protected Areas - Beatton Provincial Park (English)

[2] Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed March 25, 2019 .

[3] Beatton Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 110.48 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , February 2003, accessed on March 25, 2019 (English).

[4] Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on March 25, 2019 .