Five Fingers Spires and Consolation Lakes.
WCWC MAPS REVEAL VANCOUVER'S WILDERNESS
The eco-map entitled Pinecone/Burke Park Proposal shows both the Pinecone/Burke Study Area as well as additional areas the Wilderness Committee proposes to include in the new park. The additional areas are labelled A,B,C, and D. The BC government has drawn the boundaries of the Study Area in away that does not include whole watersheds. The Wilderness Committee has expanded the park proposal boundaries to include the four additional areas because we advocate the preservation of entire watersheds where possible.
On the eco-map entitled Vancouver's Remaining Oldgrowth Forests, all oldgrowth forest is mapped in dark green. On the Pinecone/Burke Park Proposal eco-map the high elevation Mountain Hemlock oldgrowth forest also known as Snow Forest is mapped in light green while the low elevation Coastal Western Hemlock oldgrowth forest is mapped in dark green. The Fool's Gold Route and surrounding region is delineated with 31 points of interest numbered and keyed to the articles on pages three and six.
The two maps show that while our local wilderness is severely fragmented, we still have one final opportunity in the Boise and DeBeck Valleys to protect intact valley-bottom oldgrowth Coastal Western Hemlock Forest, making the Pinecone/Burke Park Proposal our last and only remaining chance to protect Vancouver's Backyard Wilderness.
DeBeck valley meadows.
Widgeon Lake.
Boise valley old-growth rainforest.
Pitt Lake pictographs.
Scary Crossing, Boise Valley.
Pinecone Lake.
