On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ), visited Rose Islands Ecological Reserve. Seabirds recorded on Rose Islets: Double-crested Cormorants – 3 (2 adults, 1 immature) , Pelagic Cormorant – 9 (all immature), Pigeon Guillemot – 3, Harlequin Ducks –
Purpose: To protect nesting seabirds Closed to the public by Order-in-Council no. 1920, on 16 June 1977 to protect nesting seabirds, which are extremely vulnerable to disturbance at this location. A permit is required to land on the islets, and they are accessibly by boat. Physical: The reserve includes a chain of five low rocky
This 371 page, 50 mb book may be downloaded from http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HFD/library/documents/bib32374.pdf Thanks to Jody Krakowski ER warden for Baynes Island ER #69 for showing us the location of this important document. It provides a page and a map on each of the reserves created up to 1992. Include are the Ecological Reserves now lost from
From BC Naturalist September/October 1991 Vol 29 No 5 PDF: seabird_article
A good account of the Physical and Biological Characteristics, and several sections on nesting Cormorants. See the full 32 page PDF: Canoe and Rose Islets Management Plan Also historical issues and management strategy. Pictures of fish that are food for double crested cormorants
Thomas Ovanin writes about the 2 ecological reserves in the Islands trust area in the magazine “The Islands” PDF FILE:bc_double_crested_cormorants