Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park
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Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park
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 Sign of the park on the island |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 67 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 18502 | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 25 ' N , 123 ° 14' W | |
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| Setup date | July 27, 1972 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
| particularities | Protected area on an island | |
The Discovery Iceland Marine Provincial Park is a 67-hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is approximately 2 nautical miles east of Oak Bay . Since the park is on an island off the coast of Vancouver Island , it can only be reached by water. The island is part of the Capital Regional District .
investment
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ). The park is located on the southern half of Discovery Island . The island is located at the crossing point from Juan de Fuca Strait to Haro Strait .
history
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 became part of a park . The northern half of the island is now also a sanctuary of Songhees .
The small park was established in 1972 and named like the island. The island got its name in 1846 in memory of the ship HMS Discovery , with which the English captain George Vancouver explored the Canadian west coast. The foundation stone for the park was land that the English captain Ernest Godfrey Beaumont had acquired in 1918 and left with the province of British Columbia on his death in 1976 with the condition that it be turned into a provincial park.
Flora and fauna
Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the area in which the park is located is assigned to the Dry Gulf Island subzone of the Coastal Douglas Fir Zone . These biogeoclimatic zones are characterized by the same or a very similar climate and the same or similar biological and geological conditions. This results in a very similar population of plants and animals in the respective zones.
Accordingly, coastal pines and Douglas firs , as well as Oregon oak , are mainly found here . The undergrowth is formed from bracken , snowberries and the nervous mahonia among other things .
According to the park administration, on the island's website, there are various endangered species on the island. However, it is also possible to see seals , Steller sea lions , otters and bald eagles . Even the black oystercatcher , the Bering beach runners and the Beachcombers occur here.
activities
The only tourist attractions of the park are the lighthouse at the eastern end of the island. However, this cannot be entered.
In addition to a picnic area, the park has several prepared tent sites and has very simply equipped sanitary facilities.
Web links
- Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Information to the park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Discovery Island Marine Park (English)
- ↑ Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history. Ottawa, 1909
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed on December 29, 2012 .
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed May 3, 2016 .
- ↑ TreeBook. Garry Oak. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed February 27, 2013 .