Fraser River Estuary

Special Information

Site Partners:

  • Canadian Wildlife Service
  • Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, British Columbia
  • Centre for Wildlife Ecology at Simon Fraser University
  • City of Richmond, British Columbia
  • City of Surrey, British Columbia
  • Municipality of Delta, British Columbia
  • Greater Vancouver Regional District
  • Federation of BC Naturalists
  • Nature Trust of British Columbia
  • Friends of Semiahmoo Bay
  • Vancouver Natural History Society
  • Boundary Bay Conservation Committee
  • Pacific Joint Venture
  • Nature Canada
  • Nature Conservancy of Canada



Site Facts

Country, State,
Province/Region:
Canada, British Columbia

Relative Location:
At the mouth of the Fraser River by the city of Vancouver and the border with the U.S.

Latitude/Longitude:
49°5'N 123° 12'W

Category:
Hemispheric site

Basis for Designation:
>500,000 shorebirds in spring migration

Size:
31,648 ha; 78,204 acres

Site Owner/Steward:
Canadian Wildlife Service, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, British Columbia

Joined:
April 2005

Human Population within 100km:
1.8 million

Contact:
Rob Butler - rob.butler@ec.gc.ca