SWI Newsletter for June 6th, 2022 Overview of conditions in the Park – planned opening Announcements : 2nd Call for Volunteers (Staffers; Guides) Sherpa Workshop – July 9th Dates of the TrailRider Days in the Park Nature Notes – Read more
More photos from Easter weekend were received from SWI volunteer Jana Tomanek who visited Upper & Lower Myra Falls at the south end of Buttle Lake in the heart of Strathcona Park. Spring is a good time for viewing the Read more
On Sunday August 24, expert naturalist & photographer Terry Thormin will guide an Insect ID Nature Walk around Paradise Meadows. Terry Thormin is the retired curator of entomology at Royal Alberta Museum. Meet at the Wilderness Centre at 1 p.m. Read more
A great group of participants from the Comox Valley, Campbell River & Victoria enjoyed the hike to Upper Myra Falls at Buttle Lake yesterday, with a visit to Lower Myra Falls at the end of the day. Access to the Read more
Century Sam is both the name of a character & the name of a lake in Strathcona Park, named after the character. The Comox District Mountaineering Club recently had their annual hike to this spectacular location, in a steep-sided bowl Read more
Strathcona Provincial Park is an internationally recognized Important Bird Area in part due to the Vancouver Island White-tailed Ptarmigan, a subspecies which can mainly be found in the alpine areas of the Park. This summer, I was aware of several Read more
Marble Meadows is a less frequently visited part of Strathcona Park, but a fascinating place for geology & botany. Several posts recently on the Nature Student blog highlight this area. Geological information & maps are available online here. After crossing Read more
The annual Strathcona Park Bird Search has concluded for another year, with several teams counting at several locations – Buttle Lake on Friday & Saturday, Paradise Meadows on Saturday, and Wood Mountain area today. At Paradise Meadows, the team circled Read more
Tim Penney has sent one more spectacular photo from the CDMC hike to Landslide Lake on July 9. In this photo even the highest point of Mt. Colonel Foster is free of cloud. By the way, peaks with the word Read more
Photographer Tim Penney led a Comox District Mountaineering Club hike on Sunday, up the Elk River Trail to Landslide Lake. Tim sent a few pictures: the first two below are each a panorama of five photos. Tim says “The trail Read more