Pinecone Burke Provincial Park
| Pinecone-Burke Provincial Park | |
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 An alpine meadow in Pinecone Burke Park | |
  Location in British Columbia | |
| Location | Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nearest city | Coquitlam |
| Coordinates | 49°23.6′N 122°42.4′W / 49.3933°N 122.7067°WCoordinates: 49°23.6′N 122°42.4′W / 49.3933°N 122.7067°W |
| Area | 380 km² |
| Established | 1995 |
| Governing body | BC Parks |
| Website | Pinecone Burke Provincial Park |
Pinecone Burke Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It extends from the southwest corner of Garibaldi Provincial Park, west of Pitt Lake and Pitt River to include Burke Mountain in the City of Coquitlam. Most of the park is unserviced wilderness with very rough trails such as the Fools Gold Trail in the . There is canoe access to and from there hiking trails that lead to Widgeon Lake, and a network of old logging roads, hiking and mountain biking trails on Burke Mountain.[2]
History[]
During the 1920s, the Canadian Robert Dollar Company of Dollarton logged the lower slopes of Burke Mountain with a steam railway. The peak was called Dollar Mountain by early residents. Rail lines snaked in from Port Moody along the sidehill of Westwood slope, across the Coquitlam River on a trestle bridge and up to the timber on Burke Mountain. As the area was depopulated for many years, bush logging and gravel mining continued with vigour.[2]
Geography[]
The highest mountain in the park is [3] 2027 m (6650 ft).
References[]
- ^ "Protected Planet | Pinecone Burke Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ a b Environment, Ministry of. "Pinecone Burke Provincial Park - BC Parks". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
- "Pinecone-Burke Provincial Park". Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. |
- "Pinecone Burke Park". BC Geographical Names.
- Spaces for Nature - Pinecone Burke
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