Parks at Risk

1. Mount Robson Provincial Park:

DESCRIPTION: Mount Robson Provincial Park is the second oldest park in British Columbia's park system. Mount Robson itself is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Mount Robson has been designated as part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). It is also part of the international trans-boundary Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, set up to protect wildlife and their habitat along the spine of the continent.

PARK LOCATION: The park lies next to Jasper National Park. See Location Map.

WILDLIFE: Mule and Whitetail Deer, Moose, Elk and Black Bear call the lower elevation home while Grizzly Bear, Caribou, Mountain Goat and Mountain Sheep inhabit the higher elevations.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website click here.

2. Golden Ears Provincial Park

DESCRIPTION: One of the largest parks in the province, Golden Ears has an extensive system of trails within the park which provide an excellent opportunity for hiking and horseback riding. Alouette Lake offers swimming, windsurfing, water-skiing, canoeing, boating and fishing. The park has three large campgrounds.

PARK LOCATION: In the Coast Mountains 11 km north of Maple Ridge on the north side of the Fraser River. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website Click here.

3. Wells Gray Ears Provincial Park

DESCRIPTION: Wells Gray is located in the Cariboo Mountains and has lush alpine meadows, and numerous lakes, volcanoes, waterfalls, mineral springs and glaciers.

WILDLIFE: Wide variety of wildlife, including black and grizzly bear, wolf, cougar, lynx, bobcat, wolverine, moose, deer, mountain goat, caribou, plus a host of smaller mammals such as fisher, marten, mink, weasel, etc.

PARK LOCATION: See Location Map.

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4. Cape Scott

DESCRIPTION: Cape Scott is a hike-in park which lies in an area characterized by wild scenic coastlines with picturesque white sandy beaches and rocky headlands. The park is a mosaic of ecosystems that includes the stunted vegetation of the bog lands and poorly drained up-lands, old-growth forests, wind-swept sand dunes and abundant marine flora and fauna.

WILDLIFE: Cougars, wolves, black-tailed deer and black bear. Herds of Roosevelt elk roam the Nahwitti and Stranby drainages.

PARK LOCATION: Northwestern tip of Vancouver Island. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website Click here.

5. Nancy Greene Provincial Park

DESCRIPTION: Nancy Greene Provincial Park is in the Monashee Mountains and offers fishing, picnicking, walking, swimming, boating and in winter nordic skiing. The special feature in the park is the sub alpine lake. Potential impacts are the wetland/marsh and fragile sub-alpine forest.

PARK LOCATION: South central BC, close to Castlegar and Rossland. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website Click here.

6. Foch-Gilttoyees Park and Protected Area

DESCRIPTION: This park offers a setting that includes a marine landscape representative of the North Coast Fjords with steep granite cliffs. Access is by boat and plane.

WILDLIFE: This is provincially significant grizzly bear and mountain goat habitat. Also black and Kermode (white "Spirit") bear. High fisheries values especially Coho and spawning habitat for four salmon species along with high waterfowl habitat. Seasonal whale, porpoise and seal populations. Concerns indicated in government documents: impacts of air traffic on mountain goat populations; impacts on sensitive estuary complexes and grizzly bear and mountain goat habitat; impacts on red and blue listed endangered species.

PARK LOCATION: Close to Kitimat, BC. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website click here.

7. Fintry Provincial Park and Protected Area

DESCRIPTION: Fintry Provincial Park provides a range of natural areas, from lakeshore and sandy beaches to dry hills bisected by deep canyons. Shorts Creek runs through a canyon, creating a spectacular series of waterfalls and deep pools. Hiking and viewing opportunities abound.

WILDLIFE: Important California bighorn sheep habitat in the higher regions. Government documents identify lodge construction as having potential impact on shore spawning kokanee.

PARK LOCATION: Located 34 kilometres north of Kelowna and 49 kilometres south of Vernon. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website click here.

8. Myra Bellevue Provincial Park

DESCRIPTION: Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park has features such as the escarpment of Little White Mountain, scenic Myra Canyon, a number of existing trails, and the trestles and tunnels of the historic Kettle Valley Railway.

PARK LOCATION: Southeast of Kelowna. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website click here.

9. Silver Star Provincial Park

DESCRIPTION: Rounded mountain is typical feature of the Okanagan - Western Shuswap Highland regional landscape. Dependable snow depths and mild winter temperatures encourage activity throughout the winter in a variety of activities including cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling. Summer hiking in sub alpine meadows.

PARK LOCATION: 22 kilometers to the northeast of Vernon. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website click here.

10. Maxhamish Lake

DESCRIPTION: Represents the only protected area in the Maxhamish Uplands ecosection and contains important fish and wildlife habitat. West of the lake lie the Barricade and Caribou ranges of the Rocky Mountains, providing an impressive view across the flat expanse of the surrounding lowlands. North of the lake, the Kotaneelee Range, located in the southwestern corner of the Northwest Territories, is visible.

WILDLIFE: Contains several endangered, threatened and vulnerable fish species - lake cisco (provincial Red List), spottail shiner (provincial Red List) and fish spawning habitat along lakeshore. Fur bearers, grizzly bear (on the Provincial Blue List). Also contains black bear, moose (winter range), caribou (winter range), and trumpeter swans.

PARK LOCATION: North of Fort Nelson, close to British Columbia’s boundary with the Northwest Territories. See Location Map.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website click here.

Parks Where Lodges Currently Exist

11. Elk Lakes Provincial Park

Elk Lakes Provincial Park already has the Facilities and provides a variety of backcountry recreational opportunities for visitors on a year round basis. The Alpine Club of Canada ("ACC") currently takes reservations, collects fees, and performs routine maintenance on the Facilities. The Ministry is interested in selecting a Proponent not only to manage, operate, and maintain the Facilities but to improve the Facilities and provide appropriate recreational services.

FURTHER PARK INFORMATION: on BC Parks website click here.

12. Assiniboine

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