Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park
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Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park
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 The southeast end of Chilko Lake |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 2,332.4 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 99756 | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 10 ′ N , 123 ° 58 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | January 12, 1994 | |
| administration | BC Parks together with the local First Nations | |
The Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park is a 233,240-hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The park is located in the Coast Mountains , 250 km north of Vancouver and is part of the Cariboo Regional District .
investment
The park is located west of the Interior Plateau and east of the Chilcotin Ranges , which belong to the Coast Mountains, and is accessed via two access roads in the northern park area. The two access roads branch off from Highway 20 .
The park is dominated by the centrally located Chilko Lake with its main course, the Chilko River and the surrounding mountains such as Mount Tatlow , Monmouth Mountain or Good Hope Mountain , with 3242 m the highest point in the park.
The park is a category Ib protected area ( wilderness area ).
history
The park was established in 1994 and was named after Mount Tatlow. In the language of the Xeni Gwet'in the mountain is called Ts'ilʔos , after a man who petrified during the creation of the world and now protects her people.
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 First Nations tribes , here mainly the Tsilhqot people 'in , 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 different zones. While the park is rather dry in the north and east, the central area is rather humid. The southern park area with its glaciers is alpine. In the park there are the Interior Douglas Fir Zone , the Western Hemlock Zone , the Montane Spruce Zone , the Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir Zone and the Alpine Tundra Zone .
Neighboring parks
There are other provincial parks near this park. The Bishop River Provincial Park is directly adjacent to the southwest . To the northeast is Nunsti Provincial Park and to the west is Big Creek Provincial Park .
activities
The park does not have a well-developed tourist infrastructure. At the end of the northern access road is the Gwa Da Ts'ih Campground and at the end of the northeast access road is the Nu Chugh Beniz Campground .
See also
Web links
- Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park . In: English language website of the park at BC Parks
- Information to the park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Good Hope Mountain in the Internet version of the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Ts'Il? Os Park (English)
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park Master Plan. (PDF; 1.15 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , April 1997, accessed on March 9, 2016 .
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on March 9, 2016 .