Dionisio Point Provincial Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

The intertidal zone in the park at Dionisio Point

The Dionisio Point Provincial Park is a 142 -hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The park is located on the northeastern tip of Galiano Iceland, towards the southern tip of Iceland Valdes, and is part of the Capital Regional District.

Plant

The park is located on an island in the southern Gulf Islands and is therefore only by ferry from Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal on the mainland or from the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal on Vancouver Iceland to reach out. The island and thus the park is located on the Strait of Georgia.

Centerpiece of the park is the one. Only by a tombolo to the island connected, eponymous Dionisio Point and the island each subsequent shore pieces Also part of the park, the intertidal intertidal zone.

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

History

The park was named after a headland within the park. While the island itself carries the surname of her Spanish discoverer, the headland was named after the name of the discoverer, by Dionisio Alcalá Galiano -. The name of Dionisio Point is located approximately from 1859 in the British charts.

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 Penelakut, was. On the island can be found in various places, especially at Montague Harbour and at Dionisio Point, nor evidence, mainly in the form of middens, up to 1000 years to a declining use of the area for fishing. However, 1971 also remains of house platforms were found.

Flora and Fauna

Within the ecosystem of British Columbia, the Park area Moist Maritime Subzoneder Coastal Douglas Fir zone is assigned. This Biogeoklimatischen zones are characterized by a respective same climate and the same or similar biological and geological conditions. This results in the respective zones then a very similar inventory of plants and animals.

After extensive felling on behalf of MacMillan Bloedel from the 1950ies can be found in the park no more primary forest. When the trees are mainly to re-growing Douglas fir, isolated but are also found Oregon oaks and coastal pines. Also, there are a few American arbutus and Oregon maple and red alder. The understory of the trees is made up of the various ferns and heather plants. There are Shallon bill berries and berries and snow Ordinary Ordinary mahonias same procedure as for forest foam spar and Sword Fern ( Polystichum munitum ). Also, some of which threatened Liliaceae speckles Chess Flower, Leichtlin prairie lily and Oregon Fawn Lily were among others, demonstrated.

Due to the small size of the park can be found here on larger mammal animals only, which also occur in the environment. These are in addition to the smaller mammals Columbia black -tailed deer and the wolf as various North American river otter, American mink and raccoon. The population of smaller mammals, reptiles and amphibians has not been examined in detail.

The bird species are numerous and range from widespread species to endangered species. There are present large hunters like Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon, as well as various sea birds and waterfowl and also normal birds. Were sighted include: Beringmöwe, Bonapartemöwe, Pinselscharbe, harlequin duck, robin, Pileated woodpecker, common loon, red-necked grebe, heron or Canada Cliff oystercatchers.

The tidal range of the Strait of Georgia is also clearly seen and felt, it is usually about 2 to 3 meters. The surrounding waters and the intertidal zone are also rich in marine life. Steller sea lion hunters like shear, California Sea Lion and Killer occur as well as several Oncorhynchus species, lingcod, halibut or different salmon species.

Adjacent parks

On the island there are three other provincial parks, Bellhouse Provincial Park, Bodega Ridge Provincial Park and Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park. This is the Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park is of particular interest because this is the only one of the four Island Park, where one night with tents and campers is possible.

Activities

The park is basically a small park for day visitors. Extensive tourist infrastructure it does not therefore offers. The tents in the park is generally allowed, but multiple spaces are also two places prepared as Wilderness Campsite. The park has very simple sanitation. The park offers walking paths.