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Burgoyne Bay Protected Area is located in the Southern Gulf Islands ecosection in the
southwest of Salt Spring Island. The report provides an overview of existing information regarding the natural, human heritage and recreational values of Burgoyne Bay and the surrounding area; notes significant natural and cultural features; and identifies key management issues that will need to be addressed in subsequent park management planning processes.
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Author: Friends of Saltspring Parks Society
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Date Published: Mar 2003
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Report ID: 17739
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Audience: Government and Public
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This background report can be used as an information reference base for management
planning for Burgoyne Bay Protected Area, and in particular as a foundation in development of a Management Plan for the area. The report: provides an overview of existing information regarding the natural, human heritage and recreational values of Burgoyne Bay and the surrounding area; notes significant natural and cultural features; and identifies key management issues that will need to be addressed in subsequent park management planning processes. The information contained in this report was collected by a team of Salt Spring Island residents familiar with park management planning and with access to considerable local knowledge and professional expertise. As well, an open house presenting information on cultural, natural and recreational values of Burgoyne Bay provided an opportunity for over a hundred attendees to view and comment on values and issues. Supplementary information to this background report includes: detailed reports on cultural and historical values, geology and hydrology; supplementary maps and photos; and associated references. This information has been compiled in separate appendices and digital files (for maps and photos) to enable distribution to the Salt Spring Island library and archives as well as to provincial government agencies and others who may be interested in the information.
Burgoyne Bay Protected Area is located in the Southern Gulf Islands ecosection in the
southwest of Salt Spring Island, just to the west of the Southern Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (establishment announced in February 2003).
Land use adjacent to the protected area is primarily light agricultural (hay fields) and rural residential in the Fulford valley to the east, and protected areas on the slopes of Mt. Maxwell to the north and Mt. Sullivan to the south. Water use in Burgoyne Bay includes an oyster lease, boat moorage and occasional recreational boating. There has been little development, other than some recent logging, near the protected area. A public road bisects the area, and provides access to a public dock managed by the Salt Spring Harbour Authority. Burgoyne Bay Protected Area includes 475 ha (about 1175 acres) of lands surrounding Burgoyne Bay. Together with newly-protected ecological reserve and community watershed lands, it includes forested mountains and hillsides, salmon creeks, farm valleys, marine shoreline, the largest Garry oak woodlands in Canada, and the Maxwell Lake community watershed. Surrounded by existing protected lands on Mt. Maxwell, Mt. Sullivan and Mt. Tuam, Burgoyne Bay is at the heart of the largest remaining undeveloped area in the Gulf Islands (see Figure 1). The lands have environmental significance and a high public profile, having been acquired from Texada Land Corporation in 2001 after extensive community involvement and fund raising involving many organizations including Capital Regional District (CRD) Parks, Islands Trust, Nature Trust of BC, The Land Conservancy of BC and the Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative. The protected area contains open grasslands, wooded Douglas-fir forests, rocky shorelines, culturally significant sites, and historic farm buildings. First Nations people have used Burgoyne Valley for thousands of years to access its wealth of fish, plants and wildlife. In the Hulquminum language, Burgoyne Bay is known as Hwaaqwum - sawbill duck place. The area was one of British Columbias first inter-racial settler communities, with white settlers marrying into resident First Nations families. Burgoyne Bay and Mt. Maxwell also contain many sites of spiritual and cultural significance and are connected to the creation story of the Hulquminum people.
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Amphibians & Reptiles - Bullfrog: Lithobates catesbeiana |
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Amphibians & Reptiles - Northern Leopard Frog: Lithobates pipiens |
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Amphibians & Reptiles - Painted Turtle: Chrysemys picta |
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Birds - American Bittern: Botaurus lentiginosus |
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Birds - Bald Eagle: Haliaeetus leucoephalus |
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Birds - Bobolink: Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
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Birds - Burrowing Owl: Athene cunicularia |
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Birds - Great Blue Heron: Ardea herodias |
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Birds - Hutton's Vireo: Vireo huttoni |
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Birds - Lark Sparrow: Chondestes grammacus |
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Birds - Lewis' Woodpecker: Melanerpes lewis |
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Birds - Palm Warbler: Dendroica palmarum |
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Birds - Peregrine Falcon: Falco peregrinus |
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Birds - Prairie Falcon: Falco mexicanus |
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Birds - Short-eared Owl: Asio flammeus |
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Birds - Swainson's Hawk: Buteo swainsoni |
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Birds - Turkey Vulture: Cathartes aura |
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Birds - Western Screech-Owl: Otus kennicottii |
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Birds - Yellow-breasted Chat: Icteria virens |
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Biogeoclimatic Zone - CDF Coastal Douglas-fir Zone |
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Biogeoclimatic Zone - CWH Coastal Western Hemlock Zone |
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Mammals - Beaver: Castor canadensis |
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Mammals - Cougar: Puma concolor |
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Mammals - River Otter: Lontra canadensis |
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Region - Vancouver Island |
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