Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park

	Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park IUCN Category II - National Park
location	British Columbia (Canada)
surface	3.43 km²
WDPA ID	99736
Geographical location	53 ° 4 ' N , 122 ° 27' W Coordinates: 53 ° 4 '26 " N , 122 ° 26' 30" W
Setup date	5th June 1962
administration	BC parks

The Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park is a 343 hectare (ha) large Provincial Park in the northern part of the Interior Plateau of the Canadian province of British Columbia . The park is located about 15 kilometers north of Quesnel in the Cariboo Regional District and can be reached via Highway 97 .

investment

The park is mostly north of Highway 97 and stretches from there along the western shore of Ten Mile Lake .
The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area .

history

The park was established in 1962. In the course of time, the park boundaries were redefined, most recently in 2004. Currently (2017) the park has an area of 343 hectares. It takes its name from a post of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from the early 20th century.

As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, this one too was - long before the area was settled by immigrants or became part of a park - a hunting and fishing area for various First Nations tribes .

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 assigned to the Dry Warm Subzone of the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone (SBSdw1).

activities

The park has a campsite with 107 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 criss-crossed by several hiking trails, which are also designated as cross-country trails in winter.

Web links

Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
Ten Mile 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 - Ten Mile Lake Park (English)
↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed January 5, 2017 .
^ Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 135.70 KB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , February 2003, accessed on January 5, 2017 .
^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on January 5, 2017 .

[1] World Database on Protected Areas - Ten Mile Lake Park (English)

[2] Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed January 5, 2017 .

[3] Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 135.70 KB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , February 2003, accessed on January 5, 2017 .

[4] Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on January 5, 2017 .