ORIGINAL PURPOSE To provide a research area containing extensive bog and fen ecosystems representative of outer islands along the northern mainland coast. Physical: Most of the reserve is made up by low-lying Dewdney Island, the southernmost of the Estevan Group, which at low tide is connected to Barnard Island on the north. Many small islands,
Hans Roemer and Robert Ogilvie surveyed the vegetation of this remote island ecological reserve in 1987. See the PDF : roemer and ogilive 1988 vegetation_of_dewdney_isl_er
Compiled from the notes of Hans Roemer and collecting notes of R. Ogilvie, 1984 See PDF: plant_list(10)
This reference is included since it details some of the unique characteristics of the blanket-bog ecosystem such as that which exists in the Dewdney Glide Ecological reserve. The full thesis of Allen Banner may be found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23880 A classification of the bog and forest ecosystems along four topographic transects near Prince Rupert, British Columbia