Marine Peace Park & Wharf

This is a highlight site from any perspective! The views of the lake, mountains and surrounding community are a milestone memory in any season! The birding is also top notch. The spring brings the arrival of the migrants, including all six of Canada’s nominal species of Swallows. (Purple Martin is also a Swallow, but its breeding range is restricted to the southern coast in BC and a small range in the Peace River area). Western Grebes, White Pelicans, several species of ducks and both Trumpeter and Tundra Swans highlight the huge variety of birds that breed or feed on the lake. In the fall, large flocks of shorebirds invade the mudflats of Salmon Arm Bay to take advantage of the fish, plants, invertebrates and micro-organisms that fuel their distant journey to southern wintering grounds. In winter, Short-eared Owls patrol the Reed Grass for rodent prey, and Northern Shrike take advantage of unwary winter finches such as House finch, or Dark-eyed Junco, and the occasional meadow vole that may stray from its burrow