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Brandywine Falls Provincial Park

1973 establishments in British ColumbiaIUCN Category IINew Westminster Land DistrictProtected areas established in 1973Provincial parks of British Columbia
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Brandywine Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located adjacent to BC Highway 99 between Garibaldi and Whistler, British Columbia. It is managed by Sea to Sky Parks for BC Parks.

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Brandywine Falls Provincial Park
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Barrier Lake (British Columbia)
Barrier Lake (British Columbia)

Barrier Lake, formerly called Stony Lake, is a small lake in New Westminster Land District of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located west of Garibaldi Lake in Garibaldi Provincial Park. The name of the lake was adopted on September 2, 1930, for its association with The Barrier, a volcanic dam retaining the Garibaldi Lake system. Barrier Lake has a mean annual discharge of 10.44 m3/s (369 cu ft/s). Barrier Lake is an expansion of Rubble Creek, which flows northwest into the Cheakamus River. This stream follows a subterranean channel under The Barrier at Lesser Garibaldi Lake just to the southeast, but at times of exceptionally high water, a part of it flows over the surface of the volcanic dam to Barrier Lake. Rubble Creek then flows through an outlet at the southwestern end of Barrier Lake where it flows over the headwall of The Barrier into the lower valley. Barrier Lake lies within a depression that straddles on a contact between andesitic lava of The Barrier and sedimentary rocks forming the northern side of upper Rubble Creek valley. The sedimentary rocks are of Cretaceous age, whereas the andesitic lava is of Late Pleistocene age. About 13,000 years ago, the andesitic lava was erupted from Clinker Peak and flowed into Rubble Creek valley where it ponded and cooled against residual glacial ice to form The Barrier. The lava lobe damming the southern end of Barrier Lake apparently formed when molten lava broke through the northern levee of The Barrier lava flow. Because the lake is in close proximity to the unstable headwall of The Barrier, it has been suggested that Barrier Lake, along with Lesser Garibaldi Lake, could be released in the event of a catastrophic collapse. If these lakes were to be released, they could initiate a debris flow capable of blocking the Cheakamus River or running out into Daisy Lake. However, the probability of this happening is considered to be very low.

Whistler Olympic Park
Whistler Olympic Park

The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping. After the Olympics the park remains a public facility, complementing the extensive wilderness trails and alpine routes already in use. Three temporary stadiums were built with a capacity for 12,000 spectators each (6,000 for the Paralympics). The location is approximately 8 km from the junction of its access road with Highway 99 and 14 km from the Whistler Olympic Village. The two year construction project saw, 14 km (8.7 mi) of cross country and biathlon trails, two ski jumps (HS 106 and HS 140 metre), and another 20 to 25 km of recreational trails built. There is also a permanent Biathlon range which can be used daily. Overall, $119.7 million was spent on the facilities in the Callaghan Valley. Permanent features were completed in the fall of 2007. It is now a public cross-country and back country ski facility. Located between the ski jumps and cross country area there is an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) Day Lodge. Which has a gift shop, cafeteria, washrooms, lounge and rental center. In addition to the Lodge, there are two 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) Technical Buildings, one for Cross Country and one for Biathlon located at each of the sports main venue area of the park. There are also other necessary infrastructure facilities on site. The park was officially opened to the public on November 22, 2008 at noon PST despite having no snow the previous evening. Inauguration took place at the day lodge to mark the start of the public skiing season. 500 people daily would use the lodge during weekends and 100 during a regular weekday.During the Olympics the park was managed by VANOC, it is now owned and operated by Whistler 2010 Sport Legacies. They also operate the Sliding Center and Training Center. World Cup competitions at the park took place the weekend of January 15–18, 2009 for cross-country skiing and Nordic combined. Eleven Nordic combined teams totalling 50 skiers and 47 support staff along with 17 cross country teams with about 230 skiers participated in the event. Ski jumping World Cup at the venue took place on the weekend of January 22–25, 2009. The Park is the first venue in 2009 to have its operational readiness tested for the upcoming Games in 2010.Winners of the test events for cross country skiing were Slovakia's Alena Prochazkova in women's sprint, Emil Jönsson of Sweden in the men's sprint, Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland in the women's double pursuit, Italy's Pietro Piller Cottrer in the men's double pursuit, and in the team sprint, the winners were Italy for the women (Magda Genuin and Arianna Follis) and Sweden for the men (Jönsson and Robin Bryntesson). The Nordic combined winners were Bill Demong of the United States on the 16th and Norway's Magnus Moan on the 17th. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer won both ski jumping test events.