Ecological Reserves of British Columbia by ER Name (as at Oct 2002)
Note: Ecological reserve numbers marked with * are closed to the public due to the sensitive nature of these areas. The closure at Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve covers the land component of the reserve only. Note 2: Information extracted from brochure Ecological Reserves in BC. BC Parks. 1995 and from BC Parks website for ecological reserves.
Map Area	ER#		Name and Location Click underlined ER name to access er knowledgebase information	Main Feature(s)	Size (ha)
Prince George Area	84		Aleza Lake Ecological Reserve, NE of Prince George	Representative sub-boreal forest. lakes and wetland ecosystems	242
Southern Vancouver Island	28		Ambrose Lake Ecological Reserve, Sechelt Peninsula	Coastal bog lake	228
Northern Vancouver Island	13	*	Anne Vallee (Triangle Island) Ecological Reserve, outermost of Scott Islands	Largest seabird and sea lion colonies in the province	85
Southern Vancouver Island	24	*	Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve, Barkley Sound	Seabird colonies and subtidal marine life	53
Southern Vancouver Island	151		Ballingall Islets Ecological Reserve, 7 km NNE of Ganges	Nesting colony of glaucous-winged gulls, double-crested cormorants and pigeon guillemots	0.2
Vancouver Area	69		Baynes Island Ecological Reserve, Squamish River	Undisturbed alluvial black collonwood forest	71
Prince George Area	86		Bednesti Lake Ecological Reserve, W of Prince George	Kettle lake wetland succession	139
Northern Vancouver Island	12	*	Beresford Island Ecological Reserve, part of Scott Islands	Seabird colonies	8
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	127		Big Creek Ecological Reserve, SW of Williams Lake	Representative natural grasslands of Chilcotins	257
Okanagan Area	34		Big White Mountain Ecological Reserve, E of Kelowna	Subalpine and alpine plant communities	951
Prince George Area	71		Blackwater Creek Ecological Reserve, NW of Mackenzie	Boreal forest and portion of extensive low moor area	234
North Western BC	58		Blue/Dease Rivers Ecological Reserve, W of Lower Post	Terrestrial and aquatic communities in the boreal white and black spruce zone	777
Vancouver Area	48		Bowen Island Ecological Reserve, W of Apodaca Provincial Park	Various forest communities of Douglas fir; dry subzone of western hemlock zone	397
Southern Vancouver Island	135		Bowser Ecological Reserve, 15 km N of Parksville	A high-productivity Douglas-fir forest with small inclusions of wetlands	116
Southern Vancouver Island	121		Brackman Island Ecological Reserve, N of Sidney	Pristine, ungrazed Gulf island vegetation and marine buffer	35
Okanagan Area	51		Browne Lake Ecological Reserve, E of Kelowna	Marsh and forest rich in wildflowers	124
Okanagan Area	6		Buck Hills Road Ecological Reserve, S of Lumby	Small stand of mature western larch	16
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	145		Burnt Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve, 15 km SE of Smithers	Large wetland complex with a variety of bog, fen, swamp and shallow water habitats;.resident beaver and moose	670
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	103		Byers/Conroy/Harvey/Sinnett Islands Ecological Reserve, Hecate Strait, NW of Bella Bella	Important seabird and marine mammal breeding areas	12,205
Okanagan Area	77		Campbell Brown (Kalamalka Lake) Ecological Reserve, SW of Vernon	Ponderosa pine-bunchgrass site, rattlesnake den	107
Southern Vancouver Island	17	*	Canoe Islets Ecological Reserve , near S end of Valdes Island	Seabird colony	1
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	55		Cardiff Mountain Ecological Reserve, W of Taseko River	Example of lava plateau, basalt columns and crater lake	65
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	146		Catherine Creek Ecological Reserve, 12 km SE of Hazelton	Stand of large old growth western redcedar in the Moist Cool ICH subzone	45
North Eastern BC	50		Cecil Lake Ecological Reserve, NE of Fort St. John	Sphagnum bog community with black spruce	129
North Western BC	102		Charlie Cole Creek Ecological Reserve, S of Teslin Lake	Unique cone-shaped cold-water mineral springs used by ungulates as salt licks	162
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	65		Chasm Ecological Reserve, N of Clinton	Ponderosa pine at its northern limit	197
Northern Vancouver Island	109		Checleset Bay Ecological Reserve, NW of Kyuquot	Extensive area of marine shoreline reefs and islets providing habitat for B.C.'s prime sea otter population	35,650
North Western BC	57		Chickens Neck Mountain Ecological Reserve, N of Dease Lake	Climax stand of white spruce and subalpine fir	680
Prince George Area	79		Chilako River Ecological Reserve, S of Vanderhoof	Wetland and forest ecosystem mosaic	64
Vancouver Area	98		Chilliwack River Ecological Reserve, S of Chilliwack	Mature alluvial forest with large western red cedars, hybrid spruces	86
North Eastern BC	107		Chunamon Creek Ecological Reserve, NE of Germanson Landing	Two small drainages; Engelmann and white spruce forest	344
Prince George Area	82		Cinema Bog Ecological Reserve, NNE of Quesnel	Lowland black spruce sphagnum bog	68
Northern Vancouver Island	75		Clanninick Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Kyuquot	Exceptional old-growth Sitka spruce stand	37
Northern Vancouver Island	126		Claud Elliott Creek Ecological Reserve, NE Vancouver Island	Representative hemlock, amabilis fir and redcedar forest	231
North Eastern BC	8		Clayhurst Ecological Reserve, S of Clayhurst	Eroding bluffs within Peace River parklands	316
Southern Vancouver Island	1	*	Cleland Island Ecological Reserve, Clayoquot Sound, W of Tofino	Great diversity of seabird colonies	8
Kootenay Region	20		Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve, East side of Columbia Lake	Rare limestone flora	32
Southern Vancouver Island	136		Comox Lake Bluffs Ecological Reserve, 8 km SW of Courtenay	Bluffs and shallow soils with an assemblage of regionally rare plants and communities	47
Okanagan Area	108		Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve, E Side of Kalamalka Lake	Mosaic of plant communities in- cluding wetlands in canyon setting	550
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	25	*	Dewdney and Glide Islands Ecological Reserve, eastern Hecate Strait	Variety of maritime bog, pond and scrub forest communities	3,845
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	101		Doc English Bluff Ecological Reserve, SE of Williams Lake	Limestone cliff with rare plant species, colony of vhite-throated swifts	52
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	52		Drizzle Lake Ecological Reserve, SE of Masset	Lake and surrounding bogs unique species of stickleback	837
Prince George Area	60		Drywilliam Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Fraser Lake	Excellent old growth stand of Douglas-fir	95
Northern Vancouver Island	120		Duke of Edinburgh (Pine/Storm/Tree Islands) Ecological Reserve, NW of Port Hardy	Largest seabird nesting colony in Queen Charlotte Strait	660
Northern Vancouver Island	2		East Redonda Island Ecological Reserve, N end of Georgia Strait	Representative forest in three biogeoclimatic zones	6,212
Prince George Area	134		Ellis Island Ecological Reserve, W of Vanderhoof on Fraser Lake	inland breeding colony of herring and ring-billed gulls	1
Kootenay Region	32		Evans Lake Ecological Reserve, Valhalla Provincial Park	Subalpine forests including a stand of rare yellow cedar	185
Okanagan Area	33		Field's Lease Ecological Reserve, W of Osoyoos Lake	Semi-arid shrub grassland communities	4
North Eastern BC	62		Fort Nelson River Ecological Reserve, N of Fort Nelson and Muskwa rivers	White spruce within alluvial stands of black cottonwood	121
Vancouver Area	76		Fraser River Ecological Reserve, N of Chilliwack	Serial alluvial cottonwood and willow forest	76
Southern Vancouver Island	128		Galiano Island Ecological Reserve, N end of Galiano Island	Rare undisturbed peat bog ecosystem in dry coastal Douglas-fir zone	30
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	133		Gamble Creek Ecological Reserve, E of Prince Rupert	North coastal forest/ bog complex and occurrence of amabilis fir near northern limit of its range	1,026
Kootenay Region	104		Gilnockie Creek Ecological Reserve, E of Kingsgate	Mature western larch, seral lodgepole pine. small wetiand	58
North Western BC	115		Gingietl Creek Ecological Reserve, upstream of mouth of the Nass River	Undisturbed watershed in virgin coastal western hemlock forest	2,873
North Western BC	68		Gladys Lake Ecological Reserve, Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park	Stone sheep, mountain goats, caribou and their environment	48,560
Kootenay Region	56		Goosegrass Creek Ecological Reserve, W of Columbia Reach, Kinbasket Lake	An elevational sequence of three biogeoclimatic zones and a complete watershed	2,185
North Western BC	147		Grayling River Hot Springs Ecological Reserve, 67 km NE of Muncho Lake	A series of hot springs on both sides of the Grayling River; tufa terraces, karst and caves, bats, and rare vegetation	1,421
Southern Vancouver Island	117		Haley Lake Ecological Reserve, SW of Nanaimo	Population of endangered Vancouver Island marmots and their habitat	120
Okanagan Area	100		Haynes' Lease Ecological Reserve, N end of Osoyoos Lake	Most arid ecosystem in Canada with numerous rare plants and animals	101
North Eastern BC	87		Heather Lake Ecological Reserve, NW of Mackenzie	Excellent aspen-dominated ecosystems	235
Southern Vancouver Island	113		Honeymoon Bay Ecological Reserve, Cowichan Lake	Outstanding population of pink fawn lily (Erythronium revolutum)	8
Southern Vancouver Island	137		Hudson Rocks Ecological Reserve, 25 km N of Newcastle Island	Nationally significant breeding colony of pelagic cormorants	50
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	64		Ilgachuz Range Ecological Reserve, N of Anahim Lake	Volcanic mountain mass with various alpine vegetation communities	2,914
Vancouver Area	116		Katherine Tye (Vedder Crossing) Ecological Reserve, SE of Chilliwack	Rare white phantom orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae) and its habitat	3
Northern Vancouver Island	40		Kingcome River/Atlatzi River Ecological Reserve, near head of Kingcome Inlet	Rich alluvial swamps, bogs and forest	414
Kootenay Region	49		Kingfisher Creek Ecological Reserve, Hunters Range, ESE of Sicamous	Representative flora of northern Monashee Mountains	1,441
Southern Vancouver Island	138		Klanawa River Ecological Reserve, 20 km SE of Bainfield	Floodplain Sitka spruce forest and largest population of rare redwood sorrel	90
Northern Vancouver Island	129		Klaskish River Ecological Reserve, SW of Port Alice	Estuarv and alluvial forest in coastal western hemlock zone, native oysters	132
North Eastern BC	148		Kotcho Lake Ecological Reserve, 100 km ENE of Fort Nelson	Nesting colony of three species of gulls and other water birds on two flat islands; also important as migration stopover	64
Southern Vancouver Island	139		Ladysmith Bog Ecological Reserve, 10 km S of Nanaimo	Diverse CDF forest, fen and bog communities; rare plants associated with beaver ponds and small lakes	141
Southern Vancouver Island	4		Lasqueti Island Ecological Reserve, Strait of Georgia, N of Parksville	Shoreline forest with large Rocky Mountain junipers	201
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	93		Lepas Bay Ecological Reserve, off NW corner of Graham Island	Seabird colonies, mainly petrels	4
Kootenay Region	31		Lew Creek Ecological Reserve, E of Upper Arrow Lake	Three biogeoclimatic zones in one drainage basin	815
Okanagan Area	5		Lily Pad Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Lumby	Undisturbed bog lake on plateau	101
Vancouver Area	143		Liumchem Ecological Reserve, 16 km S of Chilliwack	Subalpine plant communities; interesting plant occurrences on limestone; spotted owl habitat	2,190
Prince George Area	36		Mackinnon Esker Ecological Reserve, NW of Prince George	Long compound esker, well- developed lichen communities	583
Okanagan Area	130		Mahoney Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Okanagan Falls	Southern interior saline lake with unique limnological features of significance	29
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	42	*	Mara Meadows Ecological Reserve, E of Salmon Arm	Unique calcareous fen, rare orchids	189
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	110		McQueen Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Kamloops	Native grassland with many wildflowers	35
Northern Vancouver Island	105		Megin River Ecological Reserve, NW of Tofino	Typical west coast alluvial and upland forests	50
Prince George Area	78		Meridian Road (Vanderhoof) Ecological Reserve, S of Vanderhoof	Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir-lodgepole pine forest	262
Northern Vancouver Island	140		Misty Lake Ecological Reserve, 12 km NW of Port McNeill	Small lake, one of three occurrences of the endemic giant black stickleback	55
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	23	*	Moore/McKenny/Whitmore Islands Ecological Reserve, eastern Hecate Strait	Diverse seabird colonies	73
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	81		Morice River Ecological Reserve, SW of Houstcn	Burnt sub-boreal spruce forest	358
Northern Vancouver Island	123		Mount Derby Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill	Alpine peak and precipitous, partly forested slopes	557
Northern Vancouver Island	125		Mount Elliott Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill	Representative subalpine subdrainage surrounding a lake	324
Kootenay Region	43		Mount Griffin Ecological Reserve, N of Mabel Lake	Interior cedar-hemlock and subalpine forest over wide elevational range	1,376
Southern Vancouver Island	37		Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve, Saltspring Island	Garry oak stand	65
Kootenay Region	19		Mount Sabine Ecological Reserve, N of Canal Flats	Mixed conifer forest	8
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	70		Mount Tinsdale Ecological Reserve, ESE of Barkerville	Representative alpine and subalpine communities	419
Southern Vancouver Island	16		Mount Tuam Ecological Reserve, Saltspring Island	Arbutus / Douglas-fir forest	254
Southern Vancouver Island	112		Mount Tzuhalem Ecological Reserve, NW of Duncan	Outstanding Garry oak vvoods with profusion of spring wildflowers, rare plants	18
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	53		Narcosli Lake Ecological Reserve, between Coglistiko and Baezaeko rivers	Various wetland communities and a shallow lake	1,098
Prince George Area	72		Nechako River Ecological Reserve, W of Prince George	Southern occurrence of excellent tamarack stand	133
Northern Vancouver Island	118		Nimpkish River Ecological Reserve, N of Vernon Lake	Some of Canada's tallest Douglas-firs	18
North Western BC	59		Ningunsaw River Ecological Reserve, SE of Bob Quinn Lake	Coastal western hemlock zone near its northern limit and asso- ciated Englemann spruce-sub- alpine fir and alpine tundra zones	2,046
Southern Vancouver Island	54		Nitinat Lake Ecological Reserve, E shore of Nitinat Lake	Steep west coast forest; maritime population of Douglas-fir	79
National Park Reserve	44		Now part of Gwaii Haanas / South Moresby National Park Reserve
National Park Reserve	95		Now part of Gwaii Haanas / South Moresby National Park Reserve
National Park Reserve	96		Now part of Gwaii Haanas / South Moresby National Park Reserve
Southern Vancouver Island	94		Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve, E of Victoria	Natural meadow communities, rare plants, seabirds and marine life	211
North Eastern BC	152		Ospika Cones Ecological Reserve, 50 km ENE of the N end of Williston Lake	Unique spring pools forming their own lime- stone dams, surrounding wetlands, forested slopes, subalpine and alpine habitats above	1,282
North Eastern BC	47		Parker Lake Ecological Reserve, W of Fort Nelson	Extensive bog habitat with pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)	259
North Eastern BC	85		Patsuk Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Mackenzie	Paper birch and other seral forest species	554
Vancouver Area	99		Pitt Polder Ecological Reserve, S of Pitt Lake	Two forested hills surrounded by swamp, fen and beg communities	88
North Western BC	149		Portage Brule Rapids Ecological Reserve, 110 km SE of Watson Lake	Hot springs formations on the banks of the Liard River; unusual vegetation including rare plants; BWBS forests on river terraces	724
Southern Vancouver Island	97		Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, SW of Victoria	Outstanding marine community, sea lion haul-out, seabirds	220
Kootenay Region	26		Ram Creek Ecological Reserve, SE of Canal Flats	Hotsprings and associated plants and burnt forest	121
North Eastern BC	91		Raspberry Harbour Ecological Reserve, Willisten Lake NW of Finlay Forks	Outstanding lodgepole pure stands and adjacent bogs	143
Northern Vancouver Island	111	*	Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve, Tsitika Valley, Johnston Strait	Killer whales and a crucial part of their habitat; pristine estuary and forested slopes	1,715
North Eastern BC	150		Rolla Canyon Ecological Reserve, near Dawson Creek	Narrow canyon and site of rare fossils	43
Southern Vancouver Island	18	*	Rose Islets Ecological Reserve, N of Reid Island	Seabird colony	1
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	10		Rose Spit Ecological Reserve, NE point of Graham Island	Sand spit, open dunes and shoreline meadows	170
Okanagan Area	22		Ross Lake Ecological Reserve, Skagit Valley Recreation Area	Ponderosa pine in coastal Douglas-fir forest	61
Southern Vancouver Island	83		San Juan Ridge Ecological Reserve, E of Port Renfrew	Protection of rare white avalanche lily (Erythronium montanum)	98
Southern Vancouver Island	141		San Juan River Estuary Ecological Reserve, 5 km NE of Port Renfrew	Early seral floodplain plant communities; rare Tooth-leaved monkey-flower	79
Northern Vancouver Island	11	*	Sartine Island Ecological Reserve, part of Scott Islands	Seabird colonies	13
Southern Vancouver Island	67		Satellite Channel Ecological Reserve, N of Saanich Peninsula	Rich subtidal marine life	343
Southern Vancouver Island	15		Saturna Island Ecological Reserve, southern ridge of Saturna Island	Coastal Douglas-fir forest	131
North Eastern BC	46		Sikanni Chief River Ecological Reserve, headwaters of Sikanni Chief River	Engelmann spruce at northern extremity of range. subalpine lichens	2,401
Okanagan Area	89		Skagit River Cottonwoods Ecological Reserve, Skagit Valley Recreation Area	Excellent cottonwood stands	69
Okanagan Area	21		Skagit River Forest Ecological Reserve, Skagit Vailey Recreation Area	Douglas-fir forest	73
Vancouver Area	106		Skagit River Rhododendrons Ecological Reserve, Skagit Valley Recreation Area	Two stands of Pacific rhododendrons (Rhododendron macrophyllum)	70
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	63		Skeena River Ecological Reserve, near mouth of Exchamsiks River	Mature cottonwood on floodplain islands	91
Vancouver Area	92		Skihist Ecological Reserve, NE of Lytton	Ungrazed Ponderosa pine-bunchgrass site	36
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	88		Skwaha Lake Ecological Reserve, N of Lytton	Subalpine forest and variety of outstanding flower meadows	850
North Western BC	80		Smith River Ecological Reserve, near junction with Liard River	Representative boreal white and black spruce forest	1,326
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	3		Soap Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Spences Bridge	Alkaline lake, associated grass- land and Douglas-fir forest	884
Northern Vancouver Island	14	*	Solander Island Ecological Reserve, W of Brooks Peninsula	Seabird colonies	8
Vancouver Area	131		Stoyoma Creek Ecological Reserve, near Boston Bar	Exceptional diversity of conifers and the juncture of three biogeoclimatic zones	76
Prince George Area	39		Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve, N of McBride	Representative subalpine plant communities	511
Southern Vancouver Island	90		Sutton Pass Ecological Reserve, W of Port Alberni	Rare adder's tongue fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)	3
Prince George Area	41		Tacheeda Lakes Ecological Reserve, N of Prince George	Representative forest communities on the McGregor Plateau	526
Northern Vancouver Island	119		Tahsish River Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill	Pristine westcoast estuary	70
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	38		Takla Lake Ecological Reserve, E of Hazelton	Most northerly known occurrence of Douglas-fir	263
Southern Vancouver Island	66		Ten Mile Point Ecological Reserve, Victoria	Inter- and subtidal marine life Rich subtidal marine life	11
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	73		Torkelsen Lake Ecological Reserve, W of Babine Lake	Low moor wetlands with cloudberry	182
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	9		Tow Hill Ecological Reserve, NE Graham Island	Forested sand dunes and swamp and peat bogs	514
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	29		Tranquille Ecological Reserve, W of Kamloops	Ponderosa pine and sagebrush communities	235
Southern Vancouver Island	132		Trial Islands Ecological Reserve, S of Oak Bay	The most outstanding assemblage of rare and endangered plant species in B.C.	23
Okanagan Area	7		Trout Creek Ecological Reserve, SSW of Summerland	Ponderosa pine parkland	75
Northern Vancouver Island	122		Tsitika Mountain Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill	Alpine communities, wet subalpine forest. unusual terraced fen, and small lake	554
Northern Vancouver Island	124		Tsitika River Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill	Low elevation swamp / fen / bog complex	110
Vancouver Area	74		UBC Endowment Lands Ecological Reserve, Pacific Spirit Park	Second-growth Puget Sound lowland forest	90
Kootenay Region	61		Upper Shuswap River Ecological Reserve, E of Mabel lake	Excellent alluvia stands of western redcedar	70
Kootenay Region	30		Vance Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Lumby	Highly diverse mixed conifer forest	49
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	45		Vladimir J. Krajina (Port Chanal) Ecological Reserve, W coast of Graham Island	Virgin marine shoreline, forest, muskeg and alpine communities, rare mosses, large seabird colonies	9,834
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	35		Westwick Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Williams Lake	Shoreline and area surrounding an interior saline lake	27
Okanagan Area	27		Whipsaw Creek Ecological Reserve, SW of Princeton	Douglas-fir and Ponderosa pine stands	32
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area	114		Williams Creek Ecological Reserve, SE of Terrace	Representative coastal western hemlock forest and outstanding terraced bogs	700
Southern Vancouver Island	142		Woodley Range Ecological Reserve, 2 km N of Ladysmith	CDF forest, woodland and species-rich meadows on shallow soils; rare plants	166
Vancouver Area	144		Yale Garry Oak Ecological Reserve, E of Yale	Isolated stand of Garry oaks and associated vegetation	12
				Total Area **	166,918
				** Approximately 47,647 hectares of this total area covers marine waters.

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