ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To protect a variety of alpine communities representative of the westrern edge of the Rocky Mountains. McBride Peak, 5.5 km NE of the town of McBride 53o21’N 120o06’W 1,830-2,270 m. Access to vicinity of reserve is available by foot or four-wheel drive vehicle up fire lookout road, east of McBride. See the complete
Physical: The reserve is situated on gently sloping terrain just north of the summit of Mount Sabine, which marks the southern extremity of the Stanford Range. It has a slight slope to the northwest. Local soils, developed on morainal material which has a limestone component, are believed to be Brunisols. Climate is somewhat cooler and
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a segment of the longest known esker in British Columbia and vegetation types characteristic of eskers. Physical: The central feature of this reserve is a superb segment of the Mackinnon compound esker, a sinuous ridge reported to be over 50 km long, the longest such landform in the province. The esker