Stawamus Chief Provincial Park
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Stawamus Chief Provincial Park
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 South Summit of Stawamus Chief |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 5.3 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 303222 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 41 ′ N , 123 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | July 23, 1997 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
Stawamus Chief Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia , Canada . It's located on Howe Sound south of Squamish on Highway 99 . The park was established in 1997 and covers an area of 530 hectares. The park's main attraction is the Stawamus Chief , a granite monolith over 700 meters high that looms over Howe Sound. It is often referred to as the "second tallest monolith in the world". It takes its name from the First Nations village at its feet, Sta-a-mus . For the First Nations, the mountain is of great spiritual importance.
The park is a category III protected area ( natural monument ).
Flora and fauna
British Columbia's ecosystem is divided into different biogeoclimatic zones using the Biogeoclimatic Ecological Classification (BEC) Zoning System . 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. According to this system, the park is assigned to the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone with the Subzone Dry Maritime (CWHdm).
activities
The Stawamus Chief is a popular destination for mountaineers, its steep west side is popular with rock climbers. The mountain has three peaks that are separated from each other by deep cuts. The south peak is 602 meters, the middle peak is 655 meters high and the north peak, the highest peak, reaches 702 meters. All three peaks can be reached by paths, and their tree-free granite surface offers a magnificent view.
The park has 18 parking spaces for mobile homes and 45 prepared areas for tents and only has very simple sanitary facilities.
Neighboring parks
The closest provincial parks, heading north along Highway 99, are Alice Lake Provincial Park and then Brandywine Falls Provincial Park . To the south is the nearest Park Shannon Falls Provincial Park and then, after the Murrin Provincial Park of Porteau Cove Provincial Park . To the west are Brackendale Eagle Provincial Park and Tantalus Provincial Park . East of Alice Lake Provincial Park is Garibaldi Provincial Park and Pinecone Burke Provincial Park .
literature
- Helga Walter: Pacific route: Canada's dreamy coastal route . Kaarst: Conbook Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-934918-33-7 .
Web links
- Stawamus Chief Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Stawamus Chief Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Stawamus Chief . In: The park's English-language website at National Resources Canada
- Homepage with detailed description
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Stawamus Chief Provincial Park (English)
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 19, 2016 .
- ^ Management Plan for Stawamus Chief Provincial Park. (PDF; 2.11 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , January 1997, accessed on May 19, 2016 (English).
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed April 15, 2016 .