Tribune Bay Provincial Park
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Tribune Bay Provincial Park
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 Tribune Bay (facing St. John's Point ) |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 95 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 65446 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 32 ′ N , 124 ° 38 ′ W | |
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| Sea level | from 0 m to 20 m | |
| Setup date | November 2nd 1978 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Tribune Bay Provincial Park is a 95-hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The relatively small park is located on Hornby Island , a few kilometers as the crow flies off the east coast of Vancouver Island and belongs to the Comox Valley Regional District .
Since the park is on Hornby Island, it can only be reached by ferry. However, this only operates from the Gravelly Bay Ferry Terminal on Denman Island .
investment
The park is located in a small bay in the southwest of the island, on the waters of the Northern Strait of Georgia and has a coastline of about 500 to 600 meters. The coastline is roughly limited by the larger headland in the east and Spray Point , another small headland in the west of Tribune Bay. The park is rather flat with slight bumps and rises to the northwest to a height of about 20 meters. About 30% of the land area is grassland and beach. In addition to the 72 hectares of land area, the park also includes 23 hectares of intertidal zone and surrounding waters.
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).
history
The park was established in 1978. Its name goes back to that of the bay on which the park is located, which in turn comes from the British warship HMS Tribune , which was stationed in these waters from 1859 to 1860 and in 1864. The island is also named after the captain of the HMS Tribune, after the captain Hornby.
However, 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, it was the settlement and hunting / fishing area of various tribes of the First Nations , here mainly the Pentlatch people , was.
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 area is assigned to the Moist Maritime Subzone within the Coastal Douglas fir Zone .
The year-round mild and humid climate, with the months July and August deviating from it being rather dry and warm, leads to ideal growth conditions. Before the park was established, forestry was only used for local needs. A relatively large number of plants can be found in the resulting secondary forest. The main trees are the Douglas fir , the giant arborvitae and the coastal fir, as well as the Oregon oak and the Oregon maple . This biodiversity continues in the undergrowth with numerous different plants.
Due to the spatial proximity, the occurrence and the situation of the fauna and flora correspond to those in Helliwell Provincial Park .
Neighboring parks
Hornby Island has several provincial parks in addition to this park . Helliwell Provincial Park is located on the headland adjacent to Tribune Bay on the Georgia Strait. Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park is the third local Provincial Park on the west coast of the island . There are also several municipal parks on the island.
activities
The park does not have a well-developed tourist infrastructure and still attracts around 80,000 visitors a year. In terms of tourism, it is a typical park for day visitors. The tourist focus is its sandy beach with the picnic area and the associated shelter and a tennis court. The park only has very basic sanitary facilities. Various short hiking trails have been created in the park. A hiking trail about three kilometers long connects the park with Helliwell Provincial Park.
The park's waters, as well as the waters of Helliwell Provincial Park, are popular and excellent cold water diving areas. The French marine researcher Jacques Cousteau has described the entire diving area on the east coast of Vancouver Island and around the Gulf Islands as the best cold water diving area in the world.
Web links
- Tribune Bay Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Tribune Bay Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Information to the park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Tribune Bay Park (English)
- ^ Walbran, John T. British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history. Ottawa, 1909
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Master Plan. (PDF; 647.59 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , September 1987, accessed on January 25, 2013 (English).
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on January 25, 2013 .
- ↑ For some of the best diving, look no further than BC theglobeandmail.com, April 26, 2011, accessed on September 30, 2015 .