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Blue-listed species like Grizzly bear, Spotted bat and fisher may be see in the Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park as well as elk, deer moose and cougar and the steep-sided canyons of KLO Creek are home to mountain goats. Bird species found in the area include White-throated swifts, Lewis’s woodpecker, Flammulated owls and Western screech owls. Bellevue Creek is an important source of rainbow trout production in Okanagan Lake and they are found along with prickly sculpins below the falls, and in lower Priest Creek, KLO Creek and in Canyon Lakes.
The Thompson Okanagan region contains some of the most fragile ecosystems in the country and a number of endangered species. Every year, in late summer/early fall, spawning salmon churn up rivers and streams throughout the region. As many species feed on the salmon or their eggs, salmon viewing frequently includes sightings of black or grizzly bears, eagles and water birds.
Wolverines, moose, deer, mountain goats, caribou and hundreds of bird species also thrive in the region, in part because great swaths of the Thompson Okanagan are protected parklands.
A word or two on your excursion and on safety
- Do not disturb the wildlife
- Please leave the area you visit undisturbed and be sure to carry out your garbage
- Obey posted signs and keep to designated trails
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