Courtesy NTBC
Map provides approximate location.
Quennell Lake – MapleCross Forest
Nanaimo, BC
The Nature Trust of British Columbia – 2024
41 hectares
Property Description
The Quennell Lake conservation project is located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 15 km south of the City of Nanaimo and within the Stz’uminus, Snuneymuxw, and Snaw-naw-as Coast Salish First Nations traditional territory.
Locally know as Yellow Point, Quennell Lake is a significant project broken into three distinct phases totalling 279 acres (113 hectares) combined, of at-risk habitat and species. With the help of MapleCross, The Nature Trust of BC was able to protect Phase 1 of the Quennell Lake – MapleCross Forest – the first 102 acres (41 hectares) of Coastal Douglas-fir forest. These forests contain ecological communities and species that are important globally and are at risk of being lost forever.
Quennell Lake is home to a wide range of wildlife and is a well-known local hotspot for birders. An area of regional and continental significance for waterfowl, over 159 species of birds have been recorded throughout the year.
The moist maritime Coastal Douglas-fir forest zone is of significant conservation concern in BC. This is one of the smallest, and rarest forest zones in B.C. with only 11.5% protected in parks or conservation lands.
Content and property pictures courtesy of Nature Trust of British Columbia.
