ERs of BC by Name

Ecological Reserves of British Columbia by ER Name (as at January 2012)

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.

ER#		Ecological Reserve Name	Region in BC	Location	Main Feature(s)	Size (ha)
84		Aleza Lake	Prince George Area	NE of Prince George	Representative sub-boreal forest, lakes and wetland ecosystems	242
28		Ambrose Lake	Southern Vancouver Island	Sechelt Peninsula	Coastal bog lake	228
13	*	Anne Vallee (Triangle Island)	Northern Vancouver Island	Outermost of Scott Islands	Largest seabird and sea lion colonies in the province	85
95		Anthony Island (to GHNPR)	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Southern tip of Moresby Island	Now part of Gwaii Haanas / South Moresby National Park Reserve
24	*	Baeria Rocks	Southern Vancouver Island	Barkley Sound	Seabird colonies and subtidal marine life	53
151		Ballingall Islets	Southern Vancouver Island	7 km NNE of Ganges	Nesting colony of glaucous-winged gulls, double-crested cormorants and pigeon guillemots	0.2
69		Baynes Island	Vancouver Area	Squamish River	Undisturbed alluvial black cottonwood forest	71
86		Bednesti Lake	Prince George Area	W of Prince George	Kettle lake wetland succession	139
12	*	Beresford Island	Northern Vancouver Island	Part of Scott Islands	Seabird colonies	8
127		Big Creek	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	SW of Williams Lake	Representative natural grasslands of Chilcotins	257
34		Big White Mountain	Okanagan Area	E of Kelowna	Subalpine and alpine plant communities	951
71		Blackwater Creek	Prince George Area	NW of Mackenzie	Boreal forest and portion of extensive low moor area	234
58		Blue/Dease Rivers	North Western BC	W of Lower Post	Terrestrial and aquatic communities in the boreal white and black spruce zone	777
48		Bowen Island	Vancouver Area	W of Apodaca Provincial Park	Various forest communities of Douglas fir; dry subzone of western hemlock zone	397
135		Bowser	Southern Vancouver Island	15 km N of Parksville	A high-productivity Douglas-fir forest with small inclusions of wetlands	116
121		Brackman Island (to GINPR)	Southern Vancouver Island	N of Sidney	Pristine, ungrazed Gulf island vegetation and marine buffer	35
51		Browne Lake	Okanagan Area	E of Kelowna	Marsh and forest rich in wildflowers	124
6		Buck Hills Road	Okanagan Area	S of Lumby	Small stand of mature western larch	16
145		Burnt Cabin Bog	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	15 km SE of Smithers	Large wetland complex with a variety of bog, fen, swamp and shallow water habitats; resident beaver and moose	670
103		Byers/Conroy/Harvey/Sinnett Islands	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Hecate Strait, NW of Bella Bella	Important seabird and marine mammal breeding areas	12,205
77		Campbell Brown (Kalamalka Lake)	Okanagan Area	SW of Vernon	Ponderosa pine-bunchgrass site, rattlesnake den	107
17	*	Canoe Islets	Southern Vancouver Island	Near S end of Valdes Island	Seabird colony	1
55		Cardiff Mountain	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	W of Taseko River	Example of lava plateau, basalt columns and crater lake	65
146		Catherine Creek	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	12 km SE of Hazelton	Stand of large old growth western redcedar in the Moist Cool ICH subzone	45
50		Cecil Lake	North Eastern BC	NE of Fort St. John	Sphagnum bog community with black spruce	129
102		Charlie Cole Creek	North Western BC	S of Teslin Lake	Unique cone-shaped cold-water mineral springs used by ungulates as salt licks	162
65		Chasm	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	N of Clinton	Ponderosa pine at its northern limit	197
109		Checleset Bay	Northern Vancouver Island	NW of Kyuquot	Extensive area of marine shoreline reefs and islets providing habitat for B.C.’s prime sea otter population	35,650
57		Chickens Neck Mountain	North Western BC	N of Dease Lake	Climax stand of white spruce and subalpine fir	680
79		Chilako River	Prince George Area	S of Vanderhoof	Wetland and forest ecosystem mosaic	64
98		Chilliwack River	Vancouver Area	S of Chilliwack	Mature alluvial forest with large western red cedars, hybrid spruces	86
107		Chunamon Creek	North Eastern BC	NE of Germanson Landing	Two small drainages; Engelmann and white spruce forest	344
82		Cinema Bog	Prince George Area	NNE of Quesnel	Lowland black spruce sphagnum bog	68
75		Clanninick Creek	Northern Vancouver Island	N of Kyuquot	Exceptional old-growth Sitka spruce stand	37
126		Claud Elliott Creek	Northern Vancouver Island	NE Vancouver Island	Representative hemlock, amabilis fir and redcedar forest	231
8		Clayhurst	North Eastern BC	S of Clayhurst	Eroding bluffs within Peace River parklands	316
1	*	Cleland Island	Southern Vancouver Island	Clayoquot Sound, W of Tofino	Great diversity of seabird colonies	8
20		Columbia Lake	Kootenay Region	East side of Columbia Lake	Rare limestone flora	32
136		Comox Lake Bluffs	Southern Vancouver Island	8 km SW of Courtenay	Bluffs and shallow soils with an assemblage of regionally rare plants and communities	47
108		Cougar Canyon	Okanagan Area	E Side of Kalamalka Lake	Mosaic of plant communities including wetlands in canyon setting	550
154		Det San	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	3.5 km E of Smithers	Regionally rare example of old-growth juniper	5.8
25	*	Dewdney and Glide Islands	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Eastern Hecate Strait	Variety of maritime bog, pond and scrub forest communities	3,845
101		Doc English Bluff	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	SE of Williams Lake	Limestone cliff with rare plant species, colony of white-throated swifts	52
52		Drizzle Lake	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	SE of Masset	Lake and surrounding bogs unique species of stickleback	837
60		Drywilliam Lake	Prince George Area	S of Fraser Lake	Excellent old growth stand of Douglas-fir	95
120		Duke of Edinburgh (Pine/Storm/Tree Islands)	Northern Vancouver Island	NW of Port Hardy	Largest seabird nesting colony in Queen Charlotte Strait	660
44	*	East Copper/Jeffrey/Rankine Islands (to GHNPR)	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Southern tip of Moresby Island	Now part of Gwaii Haanas / South Moresby National Park Reserve
2		East Redonda Island	Northern Vancouver Island	N end of Georgia Strait	Representative forest in three biogeoclimatic zones	6,212
134		Ellis Island	Prince George Area	W of Vanderhoof on Fraser Lake	Inland breeding colony of herring and ring-billed gulls	1
32		Evans Lake	Kootenay Region	Valhalla Provincial Park	Subalpine forests including a stand of rare yellow cedar	185
33		Field’s Lease	Okanagan Area	W of Osoyoos Lake	Semi-arid shrub grassland communities	4
62		Fort Nelson River	North Eastern BC	N of Fort Nelson and Muskwa rivers	White spruce within alluvial stands of black cottonwood	121
153		Francis Point	Vancouver Area	Sunshine Coast west of Pender Harbour	Very Dry Maritime Subzone of Coastal Western Hemlock	17
76		Fraser River	Vancouver Area	N of Chilliwack	Serial alluvial cottonwood and willow forest	76
128		Galiano Island	Southern Vancouver Island	N end of Galiano Island	Rare undisturbed peat bog ecosystem in dry coastal Douglas-fir zone	30
133		Gamble Creek	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	E of Prince Rupert	North coastal forest/ bog complex and occurrence of amabilis fir near northern limit of its range	1,026
104		Gilnockie Creek	Kootenay Region	E of Kingsgate	Mature western larch, seral lodgepole pine, small wetland	58
115		Gingietl Creek	North Western BC	Upstream of mouth of the Nass River	Undisturbed watershed in virgin coastal western hemlock forest	2,873
68		Gladys Lake	North Western BC	Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park	Stone sheep, mountain goats, caribou and their environment	48,560
56		Goosegrass Creek	Kootenay Region	W of Columbia Reach, Kinbasket Lake	An elevational sequence of three biogeoclimatic zones and a complete watershed	2,185
147		Grayling River Hot Springs	North Western BC	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
117		Haley Lake	Southern Vancouver Island	SW of Nanaimo	Population of endangered Vancouver Island marmots and their habitat	120
100		Haynes’ Lease	Okanagan Area	N end of Osoyoos Lake	Most arid ecosystem in Canada with numerous rare plants and animals	101
87		Heather Lake	North Eastern BC	NW of Mackenzie	Excellent aspen-dominated ecosystems	235
113		Honeymoon Bay	Southern Vancouver Island	Cowichan Lake	Outstanding population of pink fawn lily (Erythronium revolutum)	8
137		Hudson Rocks	Southern Vancouver Island	25 km N of Newcastle Island	Nationally significant breeding colony of pelagic cormorants	50
64		Ilgachuz Range	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	N of Anahim Lake	Volcanic mountain mass with various alpine vegetation communities	2,914
116		Katherine Tye (Vedder Crossing)	Vancouver Area	SE of Chilliwack	Rare white phantom orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae) and its habitat	3
96		Kerouard Islands (to GHNPR)	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Southern tip of Moresby Island	Now part of Gwaii Haanas / South Moresby National Park Reserve
40		Kingcome River/Atlatzi River	Northern Vancouver Island	Near head of Kingcome Inlet	Rich alluvial swamps, bogs and forest	414
49		Kingfisher Creek	Kootenay Region	Hunters Range, ESE of Sicamous	Representative flora of northern Monashee Mountains	1,441
138		Klanawa River	Southern Vancouver Island	20 km SE of Bainfield	Floodplain Sitka spruce forest and largest population of rare redwood sorrel	90
129		Klaskish River	Northern Vancouver Island	SW of Port Alice	Estuary and alluvial forest in coastal western hemlock zone, native oysters	132
148	*	Kotcho Lake	North Eastern BC	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
4		Lasqueti Island	Southern Vancouver Island	Strait of Georgia, N of Parksville	Shoreline forest with large Rocky Mountain junipers	201
93		Lepas Bay	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Off NW corner of Graham Island	Seabird colonies, mainly petrels	4
31		Lew Creek	Kootenay Region	E of Upper Arrow Lake	Three biogeoclimatic zones in one drainage basin	815
5		Lily Pad Lake	Okanagan Area	S of Lumby	Undisturbed bog lake on plateau	101
143		Liumchem	Vancouver Area	16 km S of Chilliwack	Subalpine plant communities; interesting plant occurrences on limestone; spotted owl habitat	2,190
36		Mackinnon Esker	Prince George Area	NW of Prince George	Long compound esker, well developed lichen communities	583
130		Mahoney Lake	Okanagan Area	S of Okanagan Falls	Southern interior saline lake with unique limnological features of significance	29
42	*	Mara Meadows	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	E of Salmon Arm	Unique calcareous fen, rare orchids	189
110		McQueen Creek	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	N of Kamloops	Native grassland with many wildflowers	35
105		Megin River	Northern Vancouver Island	NW of Tofino	Typical west coast alluvial and upland forests	50
78		Meridian Road (Vanderhoof)	Prince George Area	S of Vanderhoof	Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir-lodgepole pine forest	262
140		Misty Lake	Northern Vancouver Island	12 km NW of Port McNeill	Small lake, one of three occurrences of the endemic giant black stickleback	55
23	*	Moore/McKenney/Whitmore Islands	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Eastern Hecate Strait	Diverse seabird colonies	73
81		Morice River	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	SW of Houstcn	Burnt sub-boreal spruce forest	358
123		Mount Derby	Northern Vancouver Island	S of Port McNeill	Alpine peak and precipitous, partly forested slopes	557
125		Mount Elliott	Northern Vancouver Island	S of Port McNeill	Representative subalpine subdrainage surrounding a lake	324
43		Mount Griffin	Kootenay Region	N of Mabel Lake	Interior cedar-hemlock and subalpine forest over wide elevational range	1,376
37		Mount Maxwell	Southern Vancouver Island	Saltspring Island	Garry oak stand	390
19		Mount Sabine	Kootenay Region	N of Canal Flats	Mixed conifer forest	8
70		Mount Tinsdale	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	ESE of Barkerville	Representative alpine and subalpine communities	419
16		Mount Tuam	Southern Vancouver Island	Saltspring Island	Arbutus / Douglas-fir forest	254
112		Mount Tzuhalem	Southern Vancouver Island	NW of Duncan	Outstanding Garry oak woods with profusion of spring wildflowers, rare plants	18
53		Narcosli Lake	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	Between Coglistiko and Baezaeko rivers	Various wetland communities and a shallow lake	1,098
72		Nechako River	Prince George Area	W of Prince George	Southern occurrence of excellent tamarack stand	133
118		Nimpkish River	Northern Vancouver Island	N of Vernon Lake	Some of Canada’s tallest Douglas-firs	18
59		Ningunsaw River	North Western BC	SE of Bob Quinn Lake	Coastal western hemlock zone near its northern limit and associated Englemann spruce subalpine fir and alpine tundra zones	2,046
54		Nitinat Lake	Southern Vancouver Island	E shore of Nitinat Lake	Steep west coast forest; maritime population of Douglas-fir	79
94		Oak Bay Islands	Southern Vancouver Island	E of Victoria	Natural meadow communities, rare plants, seabirds and marine life	211
152		Ospika Cones	North Eastern BC	50 km ENE of the N end of Williston Lake	Unique spring pools forming their own limestone dams, surrounding wetlands, forested slopes, subalpine and alpine habitats above	1,282
47		Parker Lake	North Eastern BC	W of Fort Nelson	Extensive bog habitat with pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)	259
85		Patsuk Creek	North Eastern BC	N of Mackenzie	Paper birch and other seral forest species	554
99		Pitt Polder	Vancouver Area	S of Pitt Lake	Two forested hills surrounded by swamp, fen and beg communities	88
149		Portage Brule Rapids	North Western BC	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
97		Race Rocks	Southern Vancouver Island	SW of Victoria	Outstanding marine community, sea lion haul-out, seabirds	220
26		Ram Creek	Kootenay Region	SE of Canal Flats	Hotsprings and associated plants and burnt forest	121
91		Raspberry Harbour	North Eastern BC	Willisten Lake NW of Finlay Forks	Outstanding lodgepole pure stands and adjacent bogs	143
111	*	Robson Bight (Michael Bigg)	Northern Vancouver Island	Tsitika Valley, Johnston Strait	Killer whales and a crucial part of their habitat; pristine estuary and forested slopes	1,715
150		Rolla Canyon	North Eastern BC	near Dawson Creek	Narrow canyon and site of rare fossils	43
18	*	Rose Islets	Southern Vancouver Island	N of Reid Island	Seabird colony	1
10		Rose Spit	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	NE point of Graham Island	Sand spit, open dunes and shoreline meadows	170
22		Ross Lake	Okanagan Area	Skagit Valley Recreation Area	Ponderosa pine in coastal Douglas-fir forest	61
83		San Juan Ridge	Southern Vancouver Island	E of Port Renfrew	Protection of rare white avalanche lily (Erythronium montanum)	98
141		San Juan River Estuary	Southern Vancouver Island	5 km NE of Port Renfrew	Early seral floodplain plant communities; rare Tooth-leaved monkey-flower	79
11	*	Sartine Island	Northern Vancouver Island	part of Scott Islands	Seabird colonies	13
67		Satellite Channel	Southern Vancouver Island	N of Saanich Peninsula	Rich subtidal marine life	343
15		Saturna Island (to GINPR)	Southern Vancouver Island	Southern ridge of Saturna Island	Coastal Douglas-fir forest	131
46		Sikanni Chief River	North Eastern BC	Headwaters of Sikanni Chief River	Engelmann spruce at northern extremity of range, subalpine lichens	2,401
89		Skagit River Cottonwoods	Okanagan Area	Skagit Valley Recreation Area	Excellent cottonwood stands	69
21		Skagit River Forest	Okanagan Area	Skagit Vailey Recreation Area	Douglas-fir forest	73
106		Skagit River Rhododendrons	Vancouver Area	Skagit Valley Recreation Area	Two stands of Pacific rhododendrons (Rhododendron macrophyllum)	70
63		Skeena River	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	Near mouth of Exchamsiks River	Mature cottonwood on floodplain islands	91
92		Skihist	Vancouver Area	NE of Lytton	Ungrazed Ponderosa pine-bunchgrass site	36
88		Skwaha Lake	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	N of Lytton	Subalpine forest and variety of outstanding flower meadows	850
80		Smith River	North Western BC	Near junction with Liard River	Representative boreal white and black spruce forest	1,326
3		Soap Lake	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	S of Spences Bridge	Alkaline lake, associated grassland and Douglas-fir forest	884
14	*	Solander Island	Northern Vancouver Island	W of Brooks Peninsula	Seabird colonies	8
131		Stoyoma Creek	Vancouver Area	near Boston Bar	Exceptional diversity of conifers and the juncture of three biogeoclimatic zones	76
39		Sunbeam Creek	Prince George Area	N of McBride	Representative subalpine plant communities	511
90		Sutton Pass	Southern Vancouver Island	W of Port Alberni	Rare adder’s tongue fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)	3
41		Tacheeda Lakes	Prince George Area	N of Prince George	Representative forest communities on the McGregor Plateau	526
119		Tahsish River	Northern Vancouver Island	S of Port McNeill	Pristine west coast estuary	70
38		Takla Lake	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	E of Hazelton	Most northerly known occurrence of Douglas-fir	263
66		Ten Mile Point	Southern Vancouver Island	Victoria	Intertidal and subtidal marine life, rich subtidal marine life	11
73		Torkelsen Lake	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	W of Babine Lake	Low moor wetlands with cloudberry	182
9		Tow Hill	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	NE Graham Island	Forested sand dunes and swamp and peat bogs	514
29		Tranquille	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	W of Kamloops	Ponderosa pine and sagebrush communities	235
132		Trial Islands	Southern Vancouver Island	S of Oak Bay	The most outstanding assemblage of rare and endangered plant species in B.C.	23
7		Trout Creek	Okanagan Area	SSW of Summerland	Ponderosa pine parkland	75
122		Tsitika Mountain	Northern Vancouver Island	S of Port McNeill	Alpine communities, wet subalpine forest. unusual terraced fen, and small lake	554
124		Tsitika River	Northern Vancouver Island	S of Port McNeill	Low elevation swamp / fen / bog complex	110
74		U.B.C. Endowment Lands	Vancouver Area	Pacific Spirit Park	Second-growth Puget Sound lowland forest	90
61		Upper Shuswap River	Kootenay Region	E of Mabel lake	Excellent alluvia stands of western redcedar	70
30		Vance Creek	Kootenay Region	N of Lumby	Highly diverse mixed conifer forest	49
45		Vladimir J. Krajina (Port Chanal)	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	W coast of Graham Island	Virgin marine shoreline, forest, muskeg and alpine communities, rare mosses, large seabird colonies	9,834
35		Westwick Lake	Williams Lake / Kamloops Area	S of Williams Lake	Shoreline and area surrounding an interior saline lake	27
27		Whipsaw Creek	Okanagan Area	SW of Princeton	Douglas-fir and Ponderosa pine stands	32
114		Williams Creek	Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert Area	SE of Terrace	Representative coastal western hemlock forest and outstanding terraced bogs	700
142		Woodley Range	Southern Vancouver Island	2 km N of Ladysmith	CDF forest, woodland and species-rich meadows on shallow soils; rare plants	166
144		Yale Garry Oak	Vancouver Area	E of Yale	Isolated stand of Garry oaks and associated vegetation	12
139		Yellowpoint Bog	Southern Vancouver Island	formerly Ladysmith Bog, 10 km S of Nanaimo	Diverse CDF forest, fen and bog communities; rare plants associated with beaver ponds and small lakes	141
					Total Area ** 167,000
					** Approximately 53,000 hectares of this total area covers marine waters.

(GINPR) – Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

(GHNPR) – Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve