2nd highest Pond, Paradise Meadows, Sept. 10th, 2025 This is a brief Newsletter drawing attention to the grand finale of our Summer Season, the Chris Carter Memorial Hike and Tea. For a third year we Read...
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OPEN - Paradise Meadows and Buttle Lake Information Centres
Paradise Meadows Wilderness Centre open 7 days a week, Butte Lake Wilderness Centre open Weekends. Closing for the season on October 13th.
Recent iNaturalist Observations
Listed below are some of the most recent observations of species in Strathcona Provincial Park using iNaturalist. Species are recorded by SWI Directors and Summer Students. The data from our own SWI Data Collection project has been incorporated into the statistics of the BC Parks iNaturalist Project.
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Summer Season Hours
Wilderness Centers operate during the summer from June (once the snow melts) to Thanksgiving Weekend.
Strathcona Park Wilderness Centre
Open: 7 Days/Week
Hours: 9am – 4pm
Location: Paradise Meadows
Hours subject to volunteer availability.
Buttle Lake Wilderness Centre
Open: Friday/Saturday/Sunday
Hours: 9am – 4pm
Location: Westmin Road
Hours subject to volunteer availability.
SWI Wilderness Centre Locations
Latest Research Article & Presentations
More Research Articles or Presentation can be found on our website for FREE regarding Strathcona Provincial Park.
How Biologically Rich is Strathcona Provincial Park?
Loys Maingon, Strathcona Wilderness Institute
– with thanks to Tyson Ehlers and Zeke Gilmour
August 16, 2025
This first, Lamproderma acanthospora, was found on a hike to monitor a population of yellow glacier lilies (Erythronium grandiflorum). This species of lilies begins development below the snow and emerges just as the snow recedes. So a large part of the hike was on rotting snow that was still in many places three to four feet deep. This is an ideal time and environment for “nivicolous” (“snow-loving”) myxomycetes…
Slime Moulds of Strathcona Provincial Park 2025
This presentation will focus on the progress made in 2025 on studying and cataloging the slime moulds in strathcona park, including select species of interest and diversity projections for the future.
