White Pelican Provincial Park

White Pelican Provincial Park in British Columbia protects Stum Lake, the province’s only nesting colony of the American white pelican. The park’s significance lies in safeguarding this endangered and highly disturbance-sensitive species after past nesting failures and colony abandonment caused by human and natural disruption. To protect the birds during the breeding season, the area is closed annually from March 1 to August 31, with boating, hiking, firearms use, trapping, and other recreation restricted. Continued pressure from nearby logging road expansion and increasing numbers of pelican viewers makes the park an important refuge for one of British Columbia’s most vulnerable bird populations.

British Columbia · Canada