Purden Lake Provincial Park
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Purden Lake Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 25.21 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 65368 | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 56 ' N , 121 ° 55' W | |
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| Setup date | August 12, 1971 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Purden Lake Provincial Park is a 2,521 hectares (ha) of large Provincial Park in the center of the Canadian province of British Columbia . The park is about 40 miles east of Prince George in the Fraser-Fort George Regional District and can be reached from Highway 16 , the section of the province's Yellowhead Highway .
investment
The park is north of Highway 16 and largely includes the eponymous Purden Lake . The lake is not entirely part of the park and reaches a depth of more than 160 feet .
The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area .
history
The park was established in 1971. Over time, the park boundaries were redefined, most recently in 2000. With the new park boundaries, the park grew from 181 hectares in 1993 to its current area of 2,521 hectares. The park is named after MH Purden Bell, an employee of the Canadian Pacific Railway , which in 1879 tried to build a route through this area.
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 - is a hunting and fishing area of various First Nations tribes , here the Lheidli T'enneh (a subgroup of the Dakelh ), was.
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 partly assigned to the Very Wet Cool Subzone of the Interior Cedar-Hemlock Zone (ICHvk2) and partly to the Wet Cool Subzone of the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone (SBSwk1).
activities
Located on the north-western shore of the lake, the park has a campsite with 71 spaces, some of which can be reserved, for tents and mobile homes. It also has simple sanitary facilities and a picnic area. The park is crossed by several short hiking trails.
Web links
- Purden Lake Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Purden Lake Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Information park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Purden Lake Park (English)
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed January 6, 2017 .
- ^ Purden Lake Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 371.43 KB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , March 2003, accessed on January 6, 2017 .
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on January 6, 2017 .