Emory Creek Provincial Park
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Emory Creek Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 29 hectares | |
| WDPA ID | 65186 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 31 ′ N , 121 ° 25 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | March 16, 1956 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Emory Creek Provincial Park is a 29-hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is located on the west bank of the Fraser River , about 18 kilometers north of Hope and about 7 kilometers south of Yale on Highway 1 . The park is in the Fraser Valley Regional District .
investment
The very small park is located directly on the banks of the Fraser River and is bordered on the other side by Highway 1 and a main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway . The Fraser Canyon , in which the park is located, lies on the border between the Lower Mainland and the Interior Plateau .
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).
history
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, it is also true that long before the area was settled by immigrants or became part of a park, it was a hunting and fishing area for various First Nations tribes , mainly the Stó: lō and the Yale .
The small park was set up in 1956 as campsites were being set up along the Trans-Canada Highway. At the time, the area was just a ghost town. However, numerous people lived here during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush .
Flora and fauna
Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the area in which the park is located is assigned to the Dry Submaritime Subzone of the Coastal Western Hemlock 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.
In addition to the West American hemlock , which gives the zone its name, the western balsam poplar or red alder also grows here . In the forest you can find heather plants (for example red huckleberry), the Shallon shamberry or white cinnamon berries (a plant from the genus Rubus ). The Pacific dogwood , the heraldic plant of British Columbia, which is widespread in large parts of the province , is also found here. Moss bells bloom on the corresponding areas .
Due to the small size of the park, mainly small rodents and small mammals can be found here, such as the Northwestern Deer Mouse from the genus of whitefoot mice or the yellow spruce chipmunk , while black bears , lynxes and pumas can be found in the sparsely populated area . Many species of birds are native here, such as the collar thrush or the red-backed tit . Including the heraldic bird of British Columbia, the tiara jay .
Basically, all major Pacific salmon are found in the Fraser River . However, king salmon , silver salmon , ketal salmon , pink salmon and sockeye salmon are of particular importance . However, these are now subject to strict catch restrictions and are almost only allowed to be caught by the First Nation. In the Fraser River, however, there are also fish that are subject to catch restrictions, but can still be caught. These include various salmon fish (both in the form of freshwater fish and also as anadromous migratory fish ), for example the rainbow trout or the steel head trout .
activities
The park does not offer any special tourist attractions. Only the Fraser River is ideal for fishing.
In addition to a picnic area, the park has 34 (non-reservable) parking spaces for campers and tents and has a very simply equipped sanitary facility.
Web links
- Emory Creek Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Emory Creek 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 - Emory Creek Park (English)
- ↑ Bruce Ramsey: Ghost towns of British Columbia. Mitchell Press, Vancouver 1963
- ^ Emory Creek Provincial Park - Master Plan. (PDF; 1.37 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , July 1984, accessed on February 27, 2013 .
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed on February 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed May 3, 2016 .
- ↑ TreeBook. Red Alder. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed February 27, 2013 .