Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands Provincial Park

Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands Provincial Park protects a provincially significant wetland complex with unique geological features. The wetlands formed in an earth-flow crater and evolved into a complex of raised acidic bogs. In addition, the park protects the habitat for Grizzly Bears, one blue-listed plant species (Bog adder’s-mouth orchid) and one blue-listed plant community (Black Cottonwood / Red-osier Dogwood). The wetlands also provide high-value Coho Salmon and Cutthroat Trout rearing habitat.

Established Date: May 20, 2004

Park Size: 171 hectares

Please note: Any maps listed are for information only – they may not represent legal boundaries and should not be used for navigation.

• Location Map

Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands Park is located about 10 km north of Kitimat, in a area east of Highway 37 and south of Nalbeelah Creek. There are old, narrow, overgrown logging roads leading into the park and access can be difficult. Use NTS Map Sheet #103 I/2.

Visitor Information Centre:

Kitimat Visitor Information Centre
PO Box 214
2109 Forest Avenue
Kitimat, BC, Canada V8C 2G7
http://www.tourismkitimat.ca/
Email: info@tourismkitimat.ca
Phone: 250 632-6294 or 1-800-664-6554

Any maps listed are for information only – they may not represent legal boundaries and should not be used for navigation.

• Park map [PDF]
• Area map – Douglas Channel Area Parks and Protected Areas [PDF 1.87MB]

• History: Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands Provincial Park was designated as a park on May 20, 2004 following recommendations from the Kalum Land and Resource Management Plan.
• Conservation: The Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands protect a provincially significant wetland complex with unique geological features, having formed in an earthflow crater. After earthflows occurred depressions were left at the landslide sites. Wetlands developed in areas where the depressions were lower than the permanent water table. These have since developed into a series of raised acidic bogs, formed from the gradual build-up of organic material. The sphagnum peat in the bog is between 2.3 and 4-m thick. This organic bog material has been carbon-dated to determine the timing of the earthflows. The earthflows are thought to have occurred between 1500 and 2650 years ago.
  
  One Provincially Blue-listed vascular plant has been reported in the Nalbeelah Creek Wetlands, the Bog adder’s-mouth orchid (Malaxsis paludosa). Also, one Provincially Blue-listed plant community is reported in Nalbeelah Creek Wetland Park, the Black cottonwood / red-osier dogwood (Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa / Cornus stolonifera).
• Wildlife: Wetland habitats are very highly valued for Grizzly Bears. The wetlands also contain valuable rearing habitat for Coho Salmon and Cutthroat Trout. Nalbeelah Creek has been identified as having a Chum Salmon run that is at a high risk for extinction.
  • General Wildlife, Marine & Outdoor Ethics Information

Management Planning Information

• Online Management planning information for this park is not available at this time.

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