Nature Notes from Paradise Meadows

Nature Notes from the Strathcona Wilderness Institute at Paradise Meadows & Buttle Lake, Strathcona Provincial Park

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Summer Visitor Stats

The visitor statistics for the Strathcona Park Wilderness Centre this summer have been compiled, here are some of the highlights:

4495 visitors assisted:
Centre staffed 44 days = overall average 102 visitors to the Centre per day.
An estimated 8 to 10x that many people use the trails without stopping in to the Centre.

July averaged 103 visitors per weekend day (10 days)
August averaged 130 visitors per weekend day (10 days) & 83 visitors per weekday (15 days staffed)
September averaged 112 visitors per weekend day (5 days) & 91 visitors per weekday (4 days staffed)

Over 200 visitors to the Centre on the busiest days (BC Day long weekend in August & Labour Day weekend in Sept.) The Labour Day long weekend was the busiest ever seen at the campgrounds by the Parks Facility Operator.

Visitors came from:
Comox Valley/North Vancouver Island: 43%
South Vancouver Island:  25%
Rest of BC: 9%
Rest of Canada:  8%
USA:  4%
UK/Europe/EU/Western Asia: 10%
Other Countries: 1%

Countries represented:
Canada: 11 provinces/territories
BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, PEI, NWT
USA:  19 states
Hawaii, California, Washington, Oregon, Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Maryland, Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Maine, Pennsylvania
Europe/Western Asia: 19 countries
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Israel, Italy
Other countries: 9 countries
Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, China, Korea, India, Uruguay, Mexico

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