Goldstream Provincial Park

Goldstream Provincial Park in Langford on Vancouver Island protects a small but diverse river valley landscape known for annual fall salmon runs in the Goldstream River, which draw many bald eagles. Its floodplain and steep ridges support Douglas-fir, cedar, hemlock, cottonwood, maple, alder, yew, arbutus, dogwood, lodgepole pine, and seasonal wildflowers, with trails including access to Mount Finlayson. The area also preserves traces of an eighteen sixty-three gold rush. Its survival as parkland resulted from efforts to protect the watershed from logging and development, and after other proposals were rejected, it became a provincial park in nineteen fifty-eight and continues as both a recreation area and nature reserve.

British Columbia · Canada