Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park

Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park
Bellevue Canyon as seen from the Boulderfields
Location within British Columbia
Location	Canada
Coordinates	49°47′10″N 119°23′15″W
Area	7,677 ha (29.64 sq mi)
Established	2001
Operator	BC Parks

Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Okanagan Highland east of Kelowna. It was established to protect the full elevational range of the North Okanagan Basin and North Okanagan Highlands ecosections.

Features

Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park includes:

• Angel Springs
• Bellevue Canyon
• Myra Canyon
• 18 trestles and 2 tunnels of the Kettle Valley Railway line, now a cycling and hiking route
• Little White Mountain, noted for its escarpment

Sun through the clouds on a rainy summer evening

Flora

includes:

• Old Growth Ponderosa Pine
• Old Growth Douglas Fir
• Larch
• Engelmann Spruce
• Subalpine Fir

Fauna

includes:

• Mountain Goats in winter
• White-throated Swifts
• Flammulated Owl
• Lewis’ Woodpecker
• Spotted Bat
• Boreal Owl
• Western Screech-owl
• Northern Alligator Lizard
• Elk
• Deer
• Moose
• Cougar
• Grizzly Bear
• Great Basin Pocket Mouse
• Spotted Bat

Images

• 
  Myra-Bellevue as seen from the air looking south
• 
  Small Group of Mule Deer
• Summer Morning near the Angel Springs Trailhead
• Summer Afternoon on the Lower Crawford Trail, looking towards Bellevue Canyon
• Spring Morning at the North End of Myra Bellevue Park
• 
  Sun through the clouds on a rainy summer evening

External links

• Myra Canyon Trestle Restoration Society
• The Friends of South Slopes Society