Tatlatui Provincial Park
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Tatlatui Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 1,058.29 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 4183 | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 59 ′ N , 127 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | May 18, 1973 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
| particularities | Back Country Park | |
The Tatlatui Provincial Park is a 1058 km² provincial park in the northern part of the Canadian province of British Columbia . The park is located on the southeastern foothills of the Spatsizi Plateau and on the eastern edge of the Skeena Mountains , about 150 miles north of Smithers .
Together with the Stikine River Provincial Park , the Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park and the Mount Edziza Provincial Park as well as other Protected Areas and Ecological Reserve , the park forms a protected area of considerable size, the Stikine Country Protected Area .
The park is a so-called back country park because it is undeveloped by public roads. However, various regional charter airlines have permission to land on the park's lakes by seaplane.
investment
The park is a category Ib protected area ( wilderness area ).
The park is east of Highway 37 and its northwest area borders the southeast area of the Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park.
The highest point in the park is the 2376 m high Melanistic Peak . At the foot of the 2200 m high Tatlatui Peak is Tatlatui Lake , next to Kitchener Lake and Trygve Lake , one of the three larger lakes in the park. The main river in the park is the Firesteel River , a tributary of the Finlay River .
history
The Provincial Park was established on May 18, 1973. Various laws have changed both the protection status and the size and the park has been expanded to its current size of 105,829 hectares.
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. Within this system, the park is assigned to different biogeoclimatic zones. The park is assigned to the Alpine Tundra Zone and the Spruce-Willow-Birch Zone . The Spruce-Willow-Birch Zone is found mainly in the valleys and along the rivers, while the higher areas of the park are part of the Alpine Tundra Zone .
While the other parks in the Stikine Country Protected Area drain into the Pacific Ocean via the Stikine River , the water from Tatlatui Provincial Park flows into the Arctic Ocean via the Firesteel River (a tributary of the Finlay River ) .
activities
Since the park is a back country park , there is no developed tourist infrastructure in the park. "Wild" camping and making a fire are permitted, subject to restrictions and conditions.
Web links
- Tatlatui Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Tatlatui Provincial Park In: The park's English-language website at BC Parks
- Tatlatui Provincial Park on the website britishcolumbia.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Tatlatui Provincial Park (English)
- ↑ Melanistic Peak. In: Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia . Retrieved February 11, 2015 .
- ^ Origin Notes and History. Tatlatui Provincial Park. GeoBC , accessed February 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Stikine Country Protected Areas - Biogeoclimatic Zones. (PDF; 14.425 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , accessed on February 11, 2015 (English).
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on February 11, 2015 .