Emory Creek Provincial Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

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The Emory Creek Provincial Park is a 29 hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It lies on the west bank of the Fraser River, about 18 kilometers north of Hope, or about 7 kilometers south of Yale on Highway 1 The park is located in the Fraser Valley Regional District.

Plant

The very small park is located directly on the banks of the Fraser River and is on the other side bounded by Highway 1 and a main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Fraser Canyon, where the park is situated, lies on the border between the Lower Mainland and the Interior Plateau. 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 immigrants settled or she was part of a park, hunting and fishing territory of different tribes of First Nations, mainly the Sto: Lo and Yale was.

The small park was established in 1956, as it was then set up this tent sites along the Trans - Canada Highway. At this time the area was just a ghost town. During the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, however, lived many people here.

Flora and Fauna

Within the ecosystem of British Columbia the Dry Submaritime subzone of the Coastal Western Hemlock is the area in which the park is located, assigned zone.

Besides, for the eponymous zone, western American hemlock grows here and the western balsam poplar or red alder. In the forest, heather plants, see (for example, Red Huckleberry ), which Shallon bill berry or white Zimthimbeeren ( a plant of the genus Rubus ). Also you will find the widely used in many parts of the province of Pacific Dogwood blossoms, the coat of arms plant of British Columbia, here as well. In the corresponding faces bloom Moosglöckchen. Due to the small size of the park here, there are mainly small rodents and small mammals, such as the Northwestern Deer Mouse from the kind of Weißfußmäuse or the yellow spruce Chipmunk, while there are also black bears, lynxes and pumas in the sparsely populated hinterland. Many species of birds are native here, like the collar or choke the Rotrückenmeise. Including the national bird of British Columbia, the Steller.

Basically, in the Fraser River all the important Pacific salmon. However, of particular importance are king salmon, silver salmon, chum salmon, pink salmon and sockeye salmon. However, these are now subject to strict catch limits and can almost only be captured by the First Nation. In the Fraser River but also fish occur, which, although also subject to catch limits, but may be caught anyway. These include various salmonids ( both in form freshwater fish and also as anadromous migratory fish), such as the rainbow trout or steelhead trout.

Activities

Special tourist attractions, the park no. Only the Fraser River is ideal for fishing.

In addition to a picnic area, the park has 34 (not reservable ) pitches for caravans and tents and has a very simple but sanitary facilities.