Tribune Bay Provincial Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

The Tribune Bay Provincial Park is a 95 hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The relatively small park is situated on Hornby Iceland, a few kilometers in a straight line off the east coast of Vancouver Iceland and belongs to the Comox Valley Regional District.

Since the park is located on Hornby Iceland, it can only be reached by ferry. However, this only runs from Gravelly Bay Ferry Terminal on Denman Iceland.

Plant

The park is located in a small bay in the southwest of the island, to the waters of the northern Strait of Georgia and has a coastline of about 500 to 600 meters. The coastline will be roughly bounded by the larger headland to the east and Spray Point, another small headland to the west of Tribune Bay. The park is rather flat with slight bumps and rises to the northwest at about 20 meters height. About 30 % of the land area is grassland and beach. In addition to the 72 acres of land are also 23 hectares intertidal and waters surrounding the park.

In the park is a protected area category II (National Park).

History

The park was established in 1978. Its name comes here on the back of the bay, where the park is located, and this on the British warship HMS Tribune, which was again stationed in these waters for the period 1859-1860 and in 1864. Similarly, the island named after the captain of the HMS Tribune, after the captain Hornby.

However, as with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia also applies to this that he long before the area populated by immigrants or she was part of a park, they refuse and Jagd-/Fischereigebiet different tribes of First Nations, here mainly by the people of Pentlatch, was.

Flora and Fauna

Within the ecosystem of British Columbia, Park area of ​​Moist Maritime subzone within the Coastal Douglas fir zone is assigned.

The year-round mild and humid climate, the months of July and August are notwithstanding, rather dry and warm, resulting in ideal growing conditions. A forestry use took place only for local consumption before the park was founded. In the resulting secondary wood there is a relatively large number of plants. On trees are found mainly Douglas fir, the Giant Tree of Life and the Grand Fir and Oregon oak and the Oregon maple. This diversity is also reflected in the undergrowth with many different plants.

Due to the proximity corresponds to the occurrence and the situation of the animal and plant world of the Helliwell Provincial Park.

Adjacent parks

On Hornby Iceland can be found next to this park even more several provincial parks. On the side adjacent to the Tribune Bay to the Strait of Georgia headland we find the Helliwell Provincial Park. On the west coast of the island with the Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park, the third local Provincial Park. Several municipal parks can be found on the island.

Activities

The park has no distinct tourist infrastructure and still attracts around 80,000 visitors a year. Tourist he is a typical park for day visitors. The tourist center is its sandy beach with picnic area, and the associated shelter as well as a tennis court. The park has only a very basic sanitary facilities. The park offers short walking paths. An approximately three kilometers long trail connects the park with the Helliwell Provincial Park.

The belonging to the park waters and the waters of Helliwell Provincial Park are a popular and excellent cold-water diving destination. The French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau is said to have referred to the whole diving area on the east coast Vancouver Iceland and around the Gulf Islands as the second best Kaltwassertauchgebeit the world.