Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park
IUCN Category II - National Park
The Chilliwack Lake
The Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park is a 9,258 -hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located some 30 kilometers due east of Chilliwack on the border with the United States of America and can be reached via Highway 1 (Trans - Canada Highway ). The park is located in the Fraser Valley Regional District.
Plant
The Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park is situated just north of the border to Washington State and together with the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, the Skagit Valley Provincial Park, the Cascade Provincial Recreation Area and the Manning Provincial Park a closed reserve in the north of the cascade Range.
The Chilliwack Lake forms the core of the 9,258 -acre park, which includes beside the lake and the peaks of the Skagit Range. In addition to the eponymous lake, there are four other lakes in the park ( Lindeman Lake, Green Lake Drop, Flora Lake and Lake of radium ). However, these are all significantly smaller than the Chilliwack Lake.
The park can be reached from Chilliwack on Sleese Park, Chilliwack Lake Road or the Chilliwack Forestry Service Road provide access, the last 7 kilometers of the route are not fixed.
In the park is a protected area category II (National Park).
History
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia also applies to this, he long before the area of European immigrants colonized or she was part of a park, hunting and fishing territory of different tribes of First Nations, such as the Sto: Lo or Nlaka ' pamux was.
Flora and Fauna
In the Lower Mainland's located in the park predominant climate zone is that of the temperate rainforest. Within the ecosystem of British Columbia, the park area of the Coastal Western Hemlock zone is ( with two different sub-zones ), assigned to the Mountain Hemlock zone and the Alpine tundra zone.
According to the very different ecological zones and the vegetation is correspondingly extensive. On trees are found mainly coastal fir, red cedar and Douglas fir. In addition, you will find next to the Sitka spruce and Engelmann spruce, a hybrid of the two. Although intensive forestry has taken place, can be found in the park even areas with primary forest, pristine coastal rainforest.
The fauna is verträten in the park with numerous species. The park management includes 40 species of mammals, 20 types of reptiles and amphibians and over 130 species of birds. Among the species found include among others the grizzly bear, the Roosevelt Elk, the Rotzahnspitzmäuse and the spotted owl. In the streams and lakes is found among other sockeye salmon, coho salmon, pink salmon, American char, Dolly Varden trout, Cutthroatforelle and Coregonidenart Prosopium william soni (English Mountain whitefish ).
Activities
The park is a popular destination for hikers, climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts. He offers a variety of hiking options, from light to heavy, from half-day hikes to multi-day hiking trips. Popular with walkers is also the park by crossing " Trans Canada Trail ". The park is also the starting point for longer trips in the surrounding park.
The park has 146 non- reservable, pitches for caravans and tents and has simple sanitation. For the hiker standing in the various areas prepared Trail tent sites available.