Progression of Park Boundary Proposals and Wilderness Area

Designations, 2006 - 2020

Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park

1. First park concept map from EDM Consultant’s Report for Provincial EA process for proposed Highway #113 project (2006)

2. HRM Regional Plan Conceptual Park Area – Map 13 (2006)

3. First Provincial Wilderness Area Designation (2009)

HRM hosted a well advertised public meeting May 31, 2012 at St. Peter's Church Hall, on Dakin Drive. The refined park maps showing front-country/back country concept developed by HRM parks staff in partnership with provincial Protected Areas staff from Environment Dept. were presented to the public & was very well received. 250+ people attend. Standing room only. Widely reported in local and provincial media. New concept maps were enthusiastically endorsed by the crowd. This is the last map concept presented to the public.

4. HRM Staff ‘Dakin Drive’ Public Proposal (2012) w/major and minor access points

5. HRM Staff ‘Dakin Drive’ Public Proposal (2012) - Front Country/Back Country Concept

6. Second Provincial Wilderness Area Designation (2015) -Province donates two more land parcels for the park based on Dakin Drive Concept

7. HRM’s Regional Plan Conceptual Park Area – Map 11 (2014)

8. NSNT map showing Connector land acquisition in yellow, connecting provincial protected lands in green