Roberts Creek Provincial Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

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The Roberts Creek Provincial Park is a 41 hectare Provincial Park in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located on the edge of a small village of the same name and about 14 kilometers west of Gibson and about 12 kilometers south of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast in Sunshine Coast Regional District. The park is located on Highway 101

Plant

The small park is indirectly in the Strait of Georgia. Spatially, the park is divided into the lying directly on the Strait of Georgia, picnic area, and the slightly inland, the camping area. The camping range is intersected by Highway. 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, hunting and fishing territory of different tribes of First Nations was inhabited by white immigrants or she was part of a park. The Roberts Creek made ​​it a kind of boundary between the territory of Skwxwú7mesh and the Shishalh,

Demonstrably, the area was first explored by de Spanish Captain José María Narváez of Europeans in 1791. Ready in 1792 but already followed him, the English Captain George Vancouver.

The small park was established in 1947 and originally consisted of the picnic area. Seven years later, the park was expanded to the camping area. Over the years, further changes were to follow. Named the park is an English settler, who settled there in 1889 in the area.

Flora and Fauna

The park is located in the sphere of temperate rainforest. Within the ecosystem of British Columbia, he is the Coastel Douglas fir assigned zone.

Here grows next to the Douglas fir and the Giant Tree of Life ( in the English language "Pacific Red Cedar ") and buckthorn ( Rhamnus purshiana ). The trees here in the park include wood by past economic use not the original vegetation of the area ( secondary forest ). Therefore, they are not, how else spread in temperate rainforest very, covered with epiphytic lichens and mosses. However, the forest has also an understory of ferns and heather plants. The spread in many parts of the province of Pacific Dogwood blossoms, the coat of arms plant of British Columbia, can be found as well.

The tidal range of the Strait of Georgia is here usually between 1 meter and 5 meters. At low tide it is possible to see at the beach mussel beds and other marine creatures. Represented at fishing here are Pacific salmon, especially coho salmon (English Coho Salmon) and chum salmon (English Chum Salmon). The fish lure ospreys and bald eagles. In the park there are mainly small rodents and small mammals such as the Douglas Squirrel, while in sparsely populated hinterland of the park, there are also black bears, bobcats, and cougars. Many bird species in the park area. Including the national bird of British Columbia, the Steller.

Activities

Special tourist attractions, the park no. Also, no special activities are possible.

In addition to a picnic area, the park has 21 (not reservable ) pitches for caravans and tents and has a simple plumbing system.