Kerouard Islands IBA site summary

From: http://www.ibacanada.com/site.jsp?siteID=BC005&lang=EN IBA Kerouard and St. James Islands Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia Site Summary BC005 Latitude Longitude 51.926° N 131.002° W Elevation Size 0 – 96 m 126.21 km² Habitats: coastal cliffs/rocky shores (marine) Land Use: Not Utilized (Natural Area) Potential or ongoing Threats: Introduced species, Other increased mortality, Oil slicks IBA Criteria: Globally

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

New Species of Oligochaetes from Kerouard and Anthony Islands : Randy Baker

Several species new to science of the class Oligochaeta were sampled  in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)  by Randy Baker in 1980.  His samples were from the West side of Anthony Island in the mid-intertidal sediment , and on Kerourd Island from near the the south west side of St. James Island. See the

Ecological Reserve Proposal p278. The Kerouard Islands

This proposal was submitted in 1978 by Trudy Carson prior to the creation of this reserve . The Kerouard Islands are located between Hecate Strait and the open Pacific Ocean, at the southern-most tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Isolated, rugged and extremely wild, these islands and their associated waters provide habitat for multitudes and

Kerouard islands Seabird Inventory, 1977

Bristol Foster, Trudy Carson and Martin Lee visited the Kerouard Isalnds and made this report for the BC Provincial Museum, in 1977. ” These islands are the southern most islands on the Queen Charlotte Islands, ( Gwaii Haanas) located south off Kunghit Island and South of St. James Island.”. In these hand-written notes  they indicate