Physical: The reserve is located near the dissected southwestern edge of the Thompson Plateau in the Similkameen River watershed. Regional soils are predominantly developed on glacial drift. The reserve straddles a low east-west oriented ridge and so has both southerly and northerly exposed slopes. Mean annual precipitation has been only slightly higher than that recorded
Barry Booth , Community Conservation Planner Canadian Nature Federation , Federation of BC Naturalists, Wild Bird Trust of BC , IBA program. The issue The east coast of southern Vancouver Island and associated Gulf Islands represent extremely important habitat for a wide variety of birds, during the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Recently, several Important Bird Areas were
This map and an access map is available in the Ducks Unlimited report of 2002