Category: Boreal Transition

Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands, Part 2

January 4, 2018

Provincial and Local sites in the Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands ecoregion subsection are described below. They are generally organized according to the river drainages that cross this grassland transition ecoregion. From north to south, these are the North Saskatchewan River (Edmonton area), Battle River (Wetaskiwin area), Red Deer River, and Bow River (Calgary area). … More Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands, Part 2

Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands, Part 1

December 9, 2017

Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands This ecoregion is characterized by a vegetation of quaking aspen with balsam poplar. It is the most extensive boreal-grassland transition in the world and is the northernmost breeding area for many warbler species and hosts extenesive waterfowl breeding habitat. As mapped in 2001 and amended in 2017, there are four … More Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands, Part 1

Okanagan Dry Forests, Part 3

October 1, 2017

Part 3 concludes the information on the Okanagan dry forests. Sites are mapped on the Okanagan dry forests map available on databasin.org. Highlights of this section include the McAbee Fossil Beds, Monashee Provincial Park, Painted Bluffs, Pillar Provincial Park, Shuswap Lake,Tunkwa Provincial Park, and the crown jewel of the park system, Wells-Gray Provincial Park. Mabel … More Okanagan Dry Forests, Part 3

Cariboo Mountains

August 4, 2017

Part K of North Central Rocky Mountain Forests A temperate Eocene paleontological site, the grand canyon of the Fraser, and extinct volcanoes The Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia provide the concluding discussion for North Central Rocky Mountain forests. Tommie Archie Lake Trail (N51⁰56’ W120⁰31’), BC Sites and Trails, is a 1.3-km trail on Pendleton Road … More Cariboo Mountains

North Central Rocky Mountain Forests, Park J: Purcell, Selkirk and Monashee Mountains

July 13, 2017

World’s greatest alpine rock climbing area, largest sockeye salmon run in North America, and old growth forests The three mountain ranges to the west of the Continental Divide in British Columbia contain little-known wilderness areas and spectacular scenery. The westernmost range, the Monashee Mountains, transitions into the drier Okanagan region. Purcell Mountains Bugaboo Provincial Park, … More North Central Rocky Mountain Forests, Park J: Purcell, Selkirk and Monashee Mountains

North Central Rockies Forests, Part I: Continental Divide Ranges

June 28, 2017

Mount Assiniboine, Hamber, and Mount Robson Provincial Parks are described under World Heritage Sites. Parks are grouped according to the mountain range where they are located. The easternmost areas along the Alberta-British Columbia boundary are in the Continental Divide ranges. Sites in the Rocky Mountain Trench area also included in this area. Between the Columbia … More North Central Rockies Forests, Part I: Continental Divide Ranges

North Central Rockies Forest, Part H, World Heritage Site

May 3, 2017

Arctomys Cave, Burgess Shale, and Spiral Tunnels The southern parts of this ecoregion in Montana and along the US-Canadian border were included in an earlier post. This focus is north of the 50th parallel. The western slopes of the Rocky Mountains from the Fraser River headwaters to the Cariboo, Monashee, Selkirk, and Purcell Mountains are … More North Central Rockies Forest, Part H, World Heritage Site

Trans-Baikal, Stanovoy, and Greater Hinggan

April 3, 2017

Dinosaurs with feathers, the world’s largest forest fire, and the Vitim comet explosion Map coordinates: 50 to 60 degrees north, 112 to 126 degrees east Countries: China (Inner  Mongolia, Heilongjiang); Mongolia (Eastern); Russia (Amur, Buryatia Republic, Irkutsk, Sakha Republic, Zabaykalsky). This area includes the watersheds of the Vitim, Olekma, and Aldan Rivers (tributaries to the … More Trans-Baikal, Stanovoy, and Greater Hinggan