Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park
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Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park
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 Lac Le Jeune |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 2.13 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 65263 | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 29 ′ N , 120 ° 29 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | March 16, 1956 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park is a 213 hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is about 23 miles south of Kamloops and about 29 miles north of Merritt . The park is accessible from Highway 5 and is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District .
investment
The park is located in southern British Columbia, the Interior Plateau , at about 1280 meters above sea level. It consists of two parts that are not directly connected to each other. The area on the northern shore of the lake houses the camping and picnic area, while the area on the southern and southwestern shore cannot be reached directly. The northern area of the park is dominated by forest and grassland. The south and south-west part is dominated by marshland and should not be entered. A hiking trail runs largely along its edge.
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).
history
The park was established in 1956. The park got its name from the lake on which it is located. Originally 47 hectares in size, the park has been enlarged several times in the course of its 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 it became part of a park .
Flora and fauna
The park is located in the central highlands between the Coast Mountains and the Rocky Mountains . Within the British Columbia ecosystem, the area of the Dry Mild Subzone is assigned to the Interior Douglas-fir zone . 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.
Mainly spruce and coastal pines grow here . However, water birches ( Betula occidentalis ) can also be found here . The forest here has an undergrowth of ferns, grasses, coniferous roses and fairybells, a subspecies of the timeless family . In the undergrowth you can also find Nuttall's flower dogwood, also called Pacific dogwood, the heraldic plant of British Columbia.
The park lets Steller , the national bird of British Columbia (Stellar's Jay Engl.), Observed. Loons breed at the lake . There are many rainbow trout in the lake, which also attracts bald eagles . A wide variety of small mammals and rodents, such as the muskrat , are represented in large numbers . But beavers and lynx can also be found here.
activities
The park’s tourist attractions result from the lake’s particular popularity with anglers. The park is particularly popular with families with children. In winter the area is very popular with cross-country skiers. Hikers use it as a base for the nearby Stake Lake Trail network.
The park has a camping area with sanitary facilities. This offers a total of 144, mostly reservable, parking spaces for campers and tents.
Web links
- Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Information in English about the Interior Douglas-fir zone (PDF; 1.2 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Lac Le Jeune Park (English)
- ^ Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park - Management Plan. (PDF; 110.02 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , May 2001, accessed January 5, 2013 .
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed January 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, accessed May 4, 2016 .
- ↑ TreeBook. Water birch. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed March 7, 2013 .
- ↑ TreeBook. Pacific dogwood. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , February 1991, accessed March 7, 2013 .