Shannon Falls Provincial Park
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Shannon Falls Provincial Park
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 The Shannon waterfall |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 87 hectares | |
| WDPA ID | 65394 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 40 ′ N , 123 ° 9 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | March 3, 1949 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
Shannon Falls Provincial Park is a Provincial Park in British Columbia , Canada . The 87-acre park is two kilometers south of Squamish on Highway 99 in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District .
General
The main attraction is the Shannon Falls , which at 335 meters is the third highest waterfalls in British Columbia. The Shannon Creek plunges into the depths in several stages, the main fall has a height of 198 meters. The falls are fed by the water from Mount Habrich and Mount Sky Pilot . To the north of the park border the Stawamus Chief Provincial Park and the Murrin Provincial Park .
The park is a category III protected area ( natural monument ).
history
The falls are named after a William Shannon who bought the surrounding land in 1890 to make bricks. In 1900 he sold the land to the Britannia Copper Mine. The land later served as a warehouse for the workers who were involved in highway construction. In 1976 it was bought by the Carling O'Keefe Brewery, which used the clear water to brew beer and then donated the land to the province in 1982.
Cultural meaning
For the Squamish First Nation that lives here , the park has a spiritual meaning. According to legends, Howe Sound was home to a two-headed snake called Say-Noth-ka, which could move around both in water and on land. She is said to have formed the Shannon Falls when she repeatedly crawled up the mountain and thus formed the channel for the falls.
Trivia
- Shannon Falls and the surrounding forests are often used as film sets, including in Breaking Dawn - Until the End of the Night - Part 1 .
- Beginning in July 2018 died a YouTube - vlogging Trio at the waterfall, one of the three people plunged 30 meters into the depths of a pool, and the other two behind jumped to help her.
literature
- Helga Walter: Pacific route: Canada's dreamy coastal route . Kaarst: Conbook Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-934918-33-7
Web links
- Shannon Falls Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Shannon Falls Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Private homepage to the Shannon Falls
Individual evidence
- ↑ worldwaterfalldatabase.com: Shannon Falls . Retrieved August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Shannon Falls Provincial Park (English)
- ↑ Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Film Locations. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 26, 2011 ; Retrieved November 25, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Behdad Mahichi and Stephanie Ip: Three video bloggers dead after accident at Shannon Falls . In: Vancouver Sun .com, July 5, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018.
