Apodaca Provincial Park
| Apodaca Provincial Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
| Coordinates | 49°21′16″N 123°20′23″W / 49.3545°N 123.3398°WCoordinates: 49°21′16″N 123°20′23″W / 49.3545°N 123.3398°W |
| Area | 8 hectares (20 acres) |
| Established | 1954 |
Apodaca Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the central eastern shoreline of Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada.
History
The park was established 1954, one year after the property was donated to the province by Major J.S. Mathews, a noted Vancouver historian and City Archivist for Vancouver.
The park's name comes from Apodaca Cove, which was named to preserve the name for Bowen Island conferred by Jose Maria Narvaez during his exploration and survey work in the region in 1791, Isla de Apodaca. Apodaca is a city in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, which was named for Dr. Salvador Apodaca, Bishop of the city of Linares, who was born in Guadalajara in 1769.[1]
Conservation
The parks aims to protect a variety of marine life, such as marbled murrelet, harbour seal, killer whale, Pacific octopus, rockfish, and ochre starfish. The park also offers habitat for coast blacktail deer and a variety of birds. Plantlife includes Douglas-fir, lodgepole pine, salal, and Pacific madrone.
References
- Apodaca Provincial Park
- "Apodaca Park". BC Geographical Names.
- "Apodaca Cove". BC Geographical Names.
- Isla de Apodaca, compiled by J.S. Matthews, Vancouver City Archives, 1968