Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Established as Claybanks Beach Park in 1969,[2] the park covers a total area of 30 hectares, the park also conserves 558m of shoreline and 100m of Okanagan Lake foreshore.[3]

Conservation

A small portion of rare old growth cottonwood riparian habitat adjacent to Trout Creek is protected. The cottonwoods and associated wetland thickets provide food and shelter for a variety of birds, insects and small mammals. Birds seen in the area include the northern oriole, warbling vireos and the Lewis's woodpecker.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sun-Oka Beach Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. ^ "Sun-Oka Beach Park". BC Geographical Names.
  3. ^ a b "Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park". British Columbia, Ministry of Environment. Retrieved 2015-02-10.