West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park

	West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park IUCN Category II - National Park
	Park entrance sign
location	British Columbia (Canada)
surface	9 ha
WDPA ID	65469
Geographical location	48 ° 38 ′ N , 123 ° 39 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 27 " N , 123 ° 39 ′ 5" W
Setup date	Feb. 22, 1979
administration	BC parks

The West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park is only about 9 hectares large provincial park in the Canadian province of British Columbia and is one of the smallest of the provincial parks. It is located about 39 kilometers northwest of Victoria and can be reached via the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1 ). The park is located in the Cowichan Valley Regional District .

Nearby, at the southern end of Shawnigan Lake , Memory Island Provincial Park occupies an island less than an acre.

investment

The park is on the northwest shore of Shawnigan Lake. A road separates the park into the Intensive Recreation Zone (the zone with the picnic area) and the Natural Environment Zone (a heavily natural zone).
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).

history

The park is one of the smaller of the BC Provincial Parks and was established in 1979. There are traces of historical logging in it. The traces of work with the so-called springboard can be seen here on tree stumps .

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, like the surrounding parks, is assigned to the Eastern Very Dry Maritime Subzone of the Coastal Douglas-fir Zone . In the park there are stocks of Pacific dogwood , Nuttall's flower dogwood . According to the park administration, there are stocks of endangered plants (Viola howellii and Senecio macourii) in the quieter part of the park.

activities

The park is frequented by the residents of the region. Many paddlers use Shawnigan Lake. The park is a so-called day-use park , so it has no spaces for tents or the like. In addition to a picnic area, it has simple sanitary facilities.

Web links

West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
West Shawnigan Lake 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 - West Shawnigan Lake Park (English)
↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 19, 2016 .
^ West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 225.08 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , March 2003, accessed on November 8, 2012 (English).
^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on November 8, 2012 .

[1] World Database on Protected Areas - West Shawnigan Lake Park (English)

[2] Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 19, 2016 .

[3] West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 225.08 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , March 2003, accessed on November 8, 2012 (English).

[4] Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 10.31 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed on November 8, 2012 .