Little River Nature Park

Little River Nature Park is a protected area on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island in the Comox Valley Regional District. It is home to beaches, man-made ponds, an estuarine marsh, and well-drained forests dominated by Douglas-fir. The park is underlain by sand and gravel which was locally extracted in open pits; these have since become the ponds.

A 1959 soil map identifies the following complex unit: Kye-Coastal Beach. Kye loamy sand is a classic podzol with well-defined eluvial (A2 or Ae) horizon.[1] This series supports the well-drained forests. Coastal Beach land type represents bare or grassy regosol sand. A 1985 land survey maps the whole park as Raised Beach sand.[2]

A population of the rare Seaside rein-orchid was identified on the beach. An avifauna survey found 52 bird species.[3]

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49°44′13″N 124°55′08″W / 49.737°N 124.919°W / 49.737; -124.919


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