Norbury Lake Provincial Park (also known as Norbury Lake Park) is a 97-hectare (240-acre)
provincial park in
British Columbia,
Canada.
Geography
Norbury Lake Park covers an area of
and is located in the
East Kootenay region of
British Columbia, approximately south of
Fort Steele.
[ It is situated in the ]Rocky Mountain Trench
The Rocky Mountain Trench, also known as the Valley of a Thousand Peaks or simply the Trench, is a large valley on the western side of the northern part of North America's Rocky Mountains. The Trench is both visually and cartographically a s ...
, with views of the Hughes Range,The Steeples
The Steeples is a elevation mountain ridge located at the southern end of the Hughes Range in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Situated immediately east of Norbury Lake Provincial Park and the Rocky Mountain Trench, this promin ...
to the immediate east.
The park includes two lakes: Peckham's Lake in the centre of the park, and Norbury Lake, whose northernmost section falls within the park boundary.[ Both lakes were formerly known as Norbury Lake, in honour of F. Paget Norbury, a local resident who was a magistrate in Fort Steele in the late nineteenth century.][
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Flora and fauna
Trees in the park include lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir, trembling aspen and western larch, with shrubs such as chokeberry, thimbleberry, willow.[
Fauna in the park includes ]elk
The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The common ...
, bighorn sheep, deer and various squirrel species, including the Columbian ground squirrel. Peckham's Lake is known for its stock of rainbow trout
The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...
.[
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Facilities
There is a campsite in the southern part of the park, which is open throughout the year,[ Trails are marked through the park for hikers. There is also a picnic area.][
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References
External links
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Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
1958 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1958