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List Of Provincial Parks Of Vancouver Island
The list of provincial parks of Vancouver Island contains the provincial parks located on the island, which is part of the Provinces of Canada, province of British Columbia. It includes parks from the seven regional districts of Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, Alberni-Clayoquot, Capital Regional District, Capital, Comox Valley Regional District, Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley Regional District, Cowichan Valley, Regional District of Nanaimo, Nanaimo, and the island portions of Regional District of Mount Waddington, Mount Waddington and Strathcona Regional District, Strathcona. These parks are administered by BC Parks under the jurisdiction of the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. Parks Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District Capital Regional District Comox Valley Regional District Cowichan Valley Regional District Regional District of Nanaimo Regional District of Mount Wad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest by area and the most populous along the west coasts of the Americas. The southern part of Vancouver Island and some of the nearby Gulf Islands are the only parts of British Columbia or Western Canada to lie south of the 49th parallel. This area has one of the warmest climates in Canada, and since the mid-1990s has been mild enough in a few areas to grow Mediterranean crops such as olives and lemons. The population of Vancouver Island was 864,864 as of 2021. Nearly half of that population (~400,000) live in the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia. Other notable cities and towns on Vancouver Island include Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Parksville, Courtenay, and Campbell River. Vancouver Island is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flores Island Marine Provincial Park
Flores Island Marine Provincial Park, also known as Flores Island Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the Flores Island (British Columbia), island of the same name in the central Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The park contains 7113 ha. and was created on July 13, 1995, as part of the Clayoqout Land-Use Decision. Gibson Marine Provincial Park, which was created in 1967, adjoins it to the southeast. Sulphur Passage Provincial Park is off the northeast coast of Flores Island (British Columbia), Flores Island, surrounding Obstruction Island. See also *Marktosis, British Columbia *Vargas Island Provincial Park References {{BritishColumbia-park-stub Clayoquot Sound region Provincial parks of British Columbia 1995 establishments in British Columbia Protected areas established in 1995 Marine parks of Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroglyphs At Sproat Lake Provincial Park
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found worldwide, and are often associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek prefix , from meaning "stone", and meaning "carve", and was originally coined in French as . Another form of petroglyph, normally found in literate cultures, a rock relief or rock-cut relief is a relief sculpture carved on "living rock" such as a cliff, rather than a detached piece of stone. While these relief carvings are a category of rock art, sometimes found in conjunction with rock-cut architecture, they tend to be omitted in most works on rock art, which concentrate on engravings and paintings by prehistoric or nonliterate cultures. Some of these reliefs exploit the rock's n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
