Nature Vancouver is an ecological organization based in Vancouver, BC. Every summer it runs a camp of interest to outdoor enthusiasts, including hikers, botanists and birders. In 2008, the camp was held in Smithers, BC, about 1200 km north of Vancouver. This web page shows some of the scenery and wildflowers we saw in the mountains and meadows around Smithers.

In the morning of Day #2, we drove south of the town of Telkwa. Then we turned west across the river, and turned left at 6 km from the highway. The WGS84 coordinates of the parking spot are 54^o 33' 09" North, 127^o 07' 13" West.

Please scroll down to see the photos. Click here to see wildflowers of other days of the VNHS Summer Camp.

Click here for Google Earth tour of the hike     Open the .kmz file with Google Earth (a free program).
Highlight the .kmz file under "Temporary Places" near the bottom of the left-hand "Places" panel.
Then press Ctrl-Alt-P to play the tour or click the right arrow just underneath.

Google Earth image of the trail up to the Hankin Plateau on the Telkwa Mountains.

Photo #   Time       Plant Name                                 Reference
#8534     11:14       Queen's Cup - Clintonia uniflora - P. 131

#8536     11:31     Rosy Pussytoes - Antennaria microphylla - P. 104

#8541     11:52     Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus - Parnassia fimbriata - P. 148

#8542     11:53     Single delight - Moneses uniflora - P. 183

#8546     11:54     Red Columbine - Aquilegia formosa - P. 155

#8551     12:03     I thought this was a strawberry, but apparently not. What am I???

#8552     12:19     Mountain Arnica - Arnica latifolia - P. 112

#8555     12:37     Shortly after leaving the dense trees, we came across a knoll with a wonderful view, where we had lunch.

#8557     12:44     Kinnikinnick (with spotted saxifrage) - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - P. 82

#8560     12:47     View of Hudsons Bay Mountain to the north.

#8562     12:48     View to the right from our lunch spot.

#8564     12:49     Lance-leaved Stonecrop - Sedum lanceolatum - P. 207

#8566     12:50     Spotted saxifrage - Saxifraga bronchialis - P. 143

#8571     12:53     White-flowered Hawkweed - Hieracium albiflorum - P. 100

#8572     12:55     Northern Wormwood - Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis - P. 106

#8575     12:56     Crowberry - Empetrum nigrum - P. 79

#8582     13:04     Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - P. 82

#8585     13:06     Northern Goldenrod - Solidago multiradiata - P. 109

#8587     13:08     Field Locoweed - Oxytropis campestris - P. 172

#8592     13:17     Twinflower - Linnaea borealis - P. 83

#8598     13:36     Field Chickweed - Cerastium arvense - P. 201

#8601     13:42     Roseroot - Sedum integrifolium - P. 207

#8602     13:43     ???

#8612     13:58     Looking west or northwest from the plateau.

#8633     14:12     Bird's-beak Lousewort - Pedicularis ornithorhyncha - P. 191

#8634     14:14     Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil - Potentilla diversifolia - P. 166

#8645     14:24     Heading home from the plateau.

Many thanks to XXX for checking the identification of the plants.
If you know of any mislabeled plants, please let me know (please refer to the number above each photo).
In some cases, the leaves are needed to make the identification - ask me for the leaf photos.

Reference pages are taken from:   "Plants of Northern British Columbia", Second edition,
by Mackinnon, Pojar and Coupe. Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, BC, 1999.