Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park
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Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park
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.jpg) Bligh Island |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 44.56 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 101597 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 38 ' N , 126 ° 33' W | |
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| Setup date | July 13, 1995 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
| particularities | Marine reserve | |
The Bligh Iceland Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in Canada's British Columbia . The marine reserve was founded in 1995, is around 44.5 km² and can only be accessed by boat. Because of the bays and islands, the sanctuary is popular with yacht and pleasure boat enthusiasts. The park is located off Vancouver Island and is part of the Strathcona Regional District . It is one of the largest marine provincial parks in British Columbia. The main starting point to visit the park is Gold River .
investment
The sanctuary is located in Nootka Sound and is about 5 km as the crow flies northeast of the settlement Yuquot . The protected area includes the water areas within the protected area boundaries, as well as the southern part of Bligh Island and also the islands of the Spanish Pilot Group , the Villaverde Islands and the Pantoja Islands . Of the 4,455.6 hectares of protected area, 1,584 hectares are land and 2,871.6 hectares are water and tidal beaches.
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 tribes , the Nuu-chah-nulth , long before the area was settled by European immigrants or it became part of a park . Their presence can be proven on the basis of archaeological finds for the last 4000 years or so.
Historically, the area continues to be of importance because it was here that James Cook first came into contact with locals in 1778 .
Flora and fauna
Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the park area is assigned to the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone with the Very Wet Hypermaritime Subzone . 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.
Due to its quiet location, several pairs of bald eagles breed in the park .
Neighboring parks
There is another provincial park near this park. To the west of the park, on Nootka Island , is the Santa Gertrudis - Boca del Infierno Provincial Park .
activities
The park has no tourist infrastructure. Although it is strictly forbidden in provincial parks, wild camping and making fires are permitted in some places.
See also
Web links
- Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park In: The park's English-language website at BC Parks
- Information to the park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park (English)
- ↑ Management Plan for Desolation Sound and Copeland Islands Marine Parks and Tux'wnech Okeover Arm Provincial Park. (PDF; 287.86 KB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , March 2003, accessed on March 30, 2016 .
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed on March 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed April 4, 2016 .