Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park Explained

Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park
Iucn Category:	II
Iucn Ref:	^[1]
Map:	British Columbia##CAN BC Central Okanagan
Map Size:	260px
Location:	Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
Nearest City:	Kelowna
Coordinates:	49.7861°N -119.3875°W
Area Ha:	7677
Established:	2001
Visitation Num:	171,759
Visitation Year:	2017-18
Visitation Ref:	^[2]
Operator:	BC Parks

Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Okanagan Highland east of Kelowna. It was established to protect the full elevational range of the North Okanagan Basin and North Okanagan Highlands ecosections.^[3]

Features

Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park includes:

• Angel Springs
• Bellevue Canyon
• Myra Canyon
• 18 trestles and 2 tunnels of the Kettle Valley Railway line, now a cycling and hiking route
• Little White Mountain, noted for its escarpment

Flora

includes:^[4]

• Old Growth Ponderosa Pine
• Old Growth Douglas Fir
• Larch
• Engelmann Spruce
• Subalpine Fir

Fauna

includes:^[4]

• Mountain goats in winter
• White-throated Swifts
• Flammulated Owl
• Lewis’ Woodpecker
• Spotted Bat
• Boreal Owl
• Western Screech-owl
• Northern Alligator Lizard
• Elk
• Deer
• Moose
• Cougar
• Grizzly Bear
• Great Basin Pocket Mouse
• Spotted Bat

External links

• Myra Canyon Trestle Restoration Society
• The Friends of South Slopes Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: Myra-Bellevue Park. 2020-09-15. Protected Planet.
2. Web site: 2018. BC Parks 2017/18 Statistics Report. 2020-10-13. bcparks.ca.
3. Web site: Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park. British Columbia, Ministry of Environment. 2015-11-01.
4. Web site: Myra-Bellevue Park and Myra-Bellevue Protected Area Management Direction Statement . British Columbia, Ministry of Environment. 2017-07-06.