Gladstone Provincial Park
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Gladstone Provincial Park
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 The Christina Lake |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 393.87 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 101643 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 16 ′ N , 118 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | July 13, 1995 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Gladstone Provincial Park is a 39,387 hectares (ha) of large Provincial Park in the south of the Canadian province of British Columbia . The park is approximately 30 kilometers northeast of Grand Forks in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary . It can be reached via the Crowsnest Highway ( Highway 3 ).
investment
The park is north of Christina Lake in the Christina Range , a chain of the Monashee Mountains . The mountains then dominate most of the park. This includes the 2256 m high Mount Gladstone and the 2279 m high Mount Faith .
The park is a category Ib protected area ( wilderness area ).
history
The park was established in 1995, along with 49 other provincial parks in British Columbia . When it was set up, it had a size of approximately 39,322 hectares. When this park was set up, other parks, Texas Creek Park and Ole Johnson Park, were dissolved and incorporated. Over time, the park boundaries were redefined. As of 2014, the park has an area of 39,387 ha.
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, this one too - long before the area was settled by immigrants or became part of a park - was a hunting and fishing area of various First Nations tribes , here the Okanogan . There are cultural traces of them in the park, including various drawings carved into the rocks.
Flora and fauna
British Columbia's ecosystem is divided into different biogeoclimatic zones using the Biogeoclimatic Ecological Classification (BEC) Zoning System . These biogeoclimatic zones are characterized by a fundamentally identical or very 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. Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the park area is assigned to different zones based on its size and location. The park will include both the Interior Cedar Hemlock Zone (ICH), the Englemann Spruce Subalpine Fir Zone (ESSF) and the Alpine Tundra Zone (AT).
activities
The park has a campsite with 62 spaces for tents and mobile homes.
Web links
- Gladstone Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Gladstone Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Information park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mount Gladstone in the Internet version of the English-language Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
- ↑ Mount Faith in the Internet version of the English-language Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Gladstone Park (English)
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ Gladstone Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 383.88 KB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , August 2001, accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed December 6, 2016 .