Lac La Hache Provincial Park

Sweeping grassland vistas, spectacular cliffs and canyons, secret ponds and small lakes await the visitor to the newest grasslands protected area in the province. It rises north and westward from the Thompson valleys through three grassland communities to the forested hills above. Nowhere else in western North America will you find these grassland communities in such close proximity to each other. Take a virtual tour of Lac du Bois Grasslands Protected Area Spring comes early to the lower hot, dry slopes with plants responding to the short, moist season. In contrast, the upper grasslands and forests are not in full bloom until early June when brilliant balsamroot followed by brown-eyed susans wash the hillsides. Beyond the grasslands, ancient ponderosa pines in a sea of bluebunch wheatg…