Natural Areas for the Capital Region

The Natural Areas Atlas is an ongoing effort to bring together environmental information pertaining to the Capital Regional District.

New features added to the Atlas:

* 2007 high-resolution colour orthophoto
* new tools for mark-up and labelling
* updated cadastral base with street address
* print or email a PDF map

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This Atlas is a web-based mapping tool that facilitates well-informed and responsible land-use decisions.

In the Atlas, you will find important information such as the locations of salmon bearing streams, spawning zones, old growth forests, endangered ecosystems, record-sized trees and shoreline habitats. By highlighting the location of important natural areas, the Atlas functions as an excellent flagging device, informing municipal engineers, planners, developers and environmental groups that further study of a proposed development or activity may be required.