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Fraser Plateau and Basin complex

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

47% trees around it and 91 species recorded.

61Forestyas Score

ForestWild

  • trees within 3 km47%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded91
  • Altitude818 m

The forest around

47% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 98%Grassland 2%Water 1%Trees 41%Grassland 23%Moss and lichen 0%Water 34%Cropland 1%Trees 56%Grassland 15%Water 29%Cropland 0%Trees 65%Grassland 20%Water 15%Cropland 0%47%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km41%
  • 3–6 km56%
  • 6–10 km65%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees41%
  • Grassland23%
  • Water34%
  • Cropland1%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

91 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Bride's bonnet
Bride's bonnetClintonia uniflora5 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsh grass of Parnassus
Marsh grass of ParnassusParnassia palustris4 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Leafy-bracted aster
Leafy-bracted asterSymphyotrichum foliaceum4 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Western columbine
Western columbineAquilegia formosa3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsh Cress
Marsh CressRorippa islandica3 recordsRagnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden · CC BY-SA 2.0
American Speedwell
American SpeedwellVeronica americana3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Threeleaf foamflower
Threeleaf foamflowerTiarella trifoliata3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Heart-leaf Arnica
Heart-leaf ArnicaArnica cordifolia3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bladder fern
Bladder fernCystopteris fragilis2 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Floating bur-reed
Floating bur-reedSparganium angustifolium2 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bog wintergreen
Bog wintergreenPyrola asarifolia2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Single delight
Single delightMoneses uniflora2 recordsIsidre blanc · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

61out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 47%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 91Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 818 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan-6°-13°64 mm
  2. Feb-4°-13°42 mm
  3. Mar-1°-9°49 mm
  4. Apr5°-4°46 mm
  5. May12°2°56 mm
  6. Jun16°5°65 mm
  7. Jul19°8°62 mm
  8. Aug19°8°54 mm
  9. Sep13°4°64 mm
  10. Oct6°-2°78 mm
  11. Nov-2°-8°71 mm
  12. Dec-6°-13°53 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Fraser Plateau and Basin complex.

Temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in British Columbia

Fraser Plateau and Basin complex is a forest in Canada, 818 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 47% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

91 species have been recorded around it: 47 plants, 0 fungi, 43 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Bride's bonnet, Marsh grass of Parnassus and Leafy-bracted aster.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Fraser Plateau and Basin complex seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Fraser Plateau and Basin complexGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Fraser Plateau and Basin complexBooking.comSee prices Car hire at YYD airport (Smithers)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Fraser Plateau and Basin complex seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 2campsites within 10 kmGovernment Point, Mcclure Pit
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • places to stay within 10 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Fraser Plateau and Basin complex.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas1 mountains within 25 km
Mount Colley14 km
Lakeyas10 lakes within 15 km
Tatalrose Lake1.3 km² · 3.0 kmClatlatiently Lake0.6 km² · 5.6 kmJack Weekes Lake0.3 km² · 6.8 kmOctopus Lake0.6 km² · 7.0 kmBickle Lake1.3 km² · 7.1 kmMurdoch Lake0.8 km² · 7.9 kmTatalaska Lake1.6 km² · 8.9 kmJesson Lake0.5 km² · 14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Fraser Plateau and Basin complex

Canada

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 47%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 91Species

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  • 34Forestyas Score
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See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1032709) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species481 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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