Parks and Protected Areas

Outstanding Questions

1. Which National Dataset to Use? (LRDW or Parks Canada Version)

• Matt: Use the LRDW data, I don't want historic sites or marine protected areas.

2. Where can we get Regional Parks Data.

• Matt: Regional parks will come from Dan Buffet - not available yet.

3. Where can we get ICUN associations - Per Wallenius (Per.Wallenius@gov.bc.ca). Anne has already sent emails requesting this data.

• Matt: For IUCN classifications I guess we'll wait to hear from Per - he may come to next week's meeting.

Data Information

• Matt: The data tree looks good.

In the tree we are going to see something like this:

Parks
  -Region
      - National
        * Park 1
        * Park 2
        * ...
      - Provincial
        * Park 9
        * Park 10
        * ...
      - Regional
        * Park 6
        * Park 7
        * ...
 - ICUN Class
     * Class A
     * Class B

Data Sources:

• Provincial Dataset - "Parks and Protected Areas" from the LDRW
  • http://aardvark.gov.bc.ca/apps/metastar/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=3997&recordSet=ISO19115

• National Dataset
  • Two Options:
    • LRDW Option - National Parks - National Framework Canada Lands Administrative Boundaries Level 1
      • http://aardvark.gov.bc.ca/apps/metastar/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=33892&recordSet=ISO19115
    • Data From Greg McMillan? @ Parks Canada
  • The data in these datasets is similar however they contain the following differences:
    • Parks Canada has two additional Historic Sites not included in the LRDW Data (Fort Rd Hill & Chilkoot Trail)
    • The Parks Canada for Gwaii Haanas (Queen Charlotte Islands Area) extends into the Ocean.
    • The Parks Canada data for Gulf Islands Does not extend into the ocean.
  • Regardless of which dataset we use we end up trimming all data that is outside the 1km buffer of the BC.

• Regional Parks
  • WHERE TO GET THIS DATA ????