Location
Key Information
| 25 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 26 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
Boundary: Government of British Columbia - Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy (Unmodified)
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Last updated on 03 August 2021.
Purpose
To protect important migratory and wintering waterfowl habitat, and critical juvenile salmon habitat. Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. Scientific research and educational purposes are the principal uses of ecological reserves.
Species of Concern: Western grebe, trumpeter swan, great blue heron
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
All consumptive resource uses, such as tree cutting, hunting, fishing, mining, domestic grazing, camping, lighting of fires and removing materials, plants or animals, and the use of motorized vehicles are prohibited in ecological reserves.
Allowed
Most ecological reserves are open to the public for nondestructive observational uses such as nature appreciation, wildlife viewing, bird watching and photography.