Duffey Lake Provincial Park
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Duffey Lake Provincial Park
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 Board with information on the park at the east end of Duffey Lake, 2004 |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 40.48 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 99745 | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 24 ′ N , 122 ° 20 ′ W | |
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| Sea level | from 1100 m to 2200 m | |
| Setup date | June 14, 1993 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Duffey Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is located about 35 kilometers east of Pemberton not far from Duffey Lake Road ( Highway 99 ) southeast of D'Arcy in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District .
history
The park was established on June 14, 1993.
The Duffey Lake and the Cayoosh Creek Valley formed a connecting path between the Lillooet Lake and the St'at'imc towards the Fraser River in prehistoric times . The path led along the east bank of the lake. Archaeological research in 1999 did not produce any findings, but the lake plays an important role in the oral tradition of the surrounding Indians.
geography
The park covers an area of 4,048 hectares, which stretches in a narrow strip on the south bank of the lake, extends further on the north bank and reaches in the west up to the 2438 meter high Mount Rohr . The park is cut through by Highway 99 on the south bank.
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).
Further to the south-west is Joffre Lakes Provincial Park , which is considerably smaller with 1,460 hectares , and to the south-east is the Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, which is over 25 times as large with 107,200 hectares .
ecology
The main task of the park is to protect the ecosystem of the Leeward Pacific Ranges. Here, representing flora and fauna , including mountain goats , black and grizzly bears , but also Osprey and Great Blue Heron , the transition zone between the ecoregions the coast and those of the hinterland. Therefore, only 5% of the park area is designated as a recreational area.
In 1999 a management plan was passed in which N'Quatqua and St'at'imc or Mt. Currie Indian Band , in whose traditional territories the lake is located, participated. The Cayoose Creek Indian Band, today's Sekw'elw'ás First Nation, also had traditional usage rights . The plan should only continue to exist as long as no contracts between First Nations and the province have come about. If these contracts conflict with the management plan, it will have to be renegotiated.
Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the park area is assigned to four different zones, the Interior Douglas-fir Zone , the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone , the Englemann Spruce - Subalpine fir Zone and the Alpine Tundra 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.
According to the zones, the park includes, among other things, West American hemlock , Douglas fir and giant arborvitae , but also lily plants ( Clintonia uniflora ).
While the Interior Douglas-fir Zone and the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone are located in the lower elevations of the park, the Englemann Spruce - Subalpine fir Zone is located at an altitude of around 1300 meters. Here are subalpine fir , Engelmann spruce and Abies amabilis the dominant tree species. From around 1700 meters, the Englemann Spruce - Subalpine fir Zone is replaced by the Alpine Tundra Zone.
The lake's fish population includes bull trout , dolly varden trout and the coregonine species Prosopium williamsoni (English mountain whitefish ).
Web links
- Duffey Lake Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Duffey Lake 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 - Duffey Lake Park (English)
- ^ Duffey Lake Provincial Park - Management Plan. (PDF; 736 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , May 1999, accessed on December 31, 2012 (English).
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed December 31, 2012 .
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed May 3, 2016 .