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 #4, we were led to the Babine hills east of Smithers
by Brenda Anderson, a local outdoorist.
The WGS84 coordinates of the trailhead are 54o 51' 17" North,
126o 59' 27" West.
Please scroll down to see the photos.
Click here
to see wildflowers of other days of the VNHS Summer Camp.
Click here for the 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 Babine Mountains, showing how the Lyon-McCabe
trail skirts Harvey Mountain.
Photo # Time Plant Name
Reference
#8847 10:53 Queen's Cup - Clintonia uniflora - P. 131
#8854 12:28 Hudson's Bay Mountaiin from the trail.
#8859 10:45 Bird's-beak Lousewort -
Pedicularis ornithorrhyncha - P. 191
#8870 13:15
White Bog-orchid - Platanthera dilatata - P. 139
#8878 13:20
Brenda, Marian, Ian, Jennifer and Elsie.
#8882 13:29
Lots of little lakes in the plateau.
#8888 13:45
Alpine Speedwell - Veronica wormskjoldii - P. 195
#8895 13:49
Narrow-leaved Cottongrass - Eriophorum angustifolium - P. 275
#8898 13:58
View of the Ganokwa Basin ? looking south east.
#8901 13:58
Following the yellow markers on the upper part of the Lyons trail.
#8904 14:18
Our lunch stop.
#8914 15:01
Daisy
#8920 15:31
Getting rocky as we ascend.
#8921 15:13
A small Willow, but what species???
#8929 15:28
Moss Campion - Silene acaulis - P. 203
#8930 15:31
Looking east down the Little Joe Creek trail.
#8935 15:37
Cooley's buttercup - Ranunculus cooleyae - P. 151
#8939 15:42
We are a bit tired, but trying hard not to show it.
#8940 15:43
Where we were and where we're going.
#8945 15:58
Brenda starting west down the McCabe trail.
#8946 16:06
The scenery is quite different on the McCabe trail - Elsie, Marian, Brenda.
#8954 16:30
A willow meadow on the McCabe trail - looking up to the Silver King Basin.
#8958 16:42
Orange Hawkweed - Hieracium aurantiacum - P. 98
#8962 16:49
The colour champion.
#8964 16:55
Starting to enter the forested area.
#8965 16:56
A profusion of colour in the alpine meadow.
#8968 17:07
Clasping Twistedstalk - Streptopus amplexifolius - P. 128
#8970 17:10
Alpine Willow-herb (or Fireweed) - Epilobium alpinum - P. 212
#8978 17:41
Glimpses of scenery on the way down.
#8979 17:49
Goat's Beard - Aruncusdioicus - P. 159
#8984 21:14
Art is impressed by the TLC offered by the ladies!
#8985 21:15
Watching the bear walking through the next field and enjoying the sunset.
#8986 21:15
The sunset seen from the balcony.
Many thanks to RP 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).
Reference pages are taken from:
"Plants of Northern British Columbia", Second edition,
by Mackinnon, Pojar and Coupe.
Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, BC, 1999.