Mount Elliot ER #125 Purpose Statement

Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. The key goal of ecological reserves is to contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity and the protection of genetic materials. All consumptive resource uses and the use of motorized vehicles are prohibited. Research and educational

Mount Elliott ER #125 Overview, Physical and Biological

ORIGINAL PURPOSE : To protect in its natural state, a small, self-contained subalpine drainage, including a lake Physical: The reserve includes a complete hanging valley with a subalpine lake. The side walls are steep, but mostly forested. Rocks are granite-type crystalline rocks of the Jurassic Island Intrusions formation. Surficial materials are mostly colluvial, or absent.

Guide to Ecological Reserves in BC

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