Buttertubs Marsh

Dusk at Buttertubs Marsh

Buttertubs Marsh is a bird sanctuary in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

Located in the middle of the city of Nanaimo, the marsh covers approximately 100 acres (40 hectares). Within this is the 46 acre (18.7 hectare) Buttertubs Marsh Conservation Area, owned by the Nature Trust of British Columbia.

The marsh is man-made and is home to great blue herons, mallards, Canada geese, ring-necked ducks, hooded mergansers, American wigeons, violet-green swallows and red-winged blackbirds.

The sanctuary is Vancouver Island's only documented breeding site of American bittern.

Approximately half of the wetland area is privately owned, and efforts are underway to purchase the remaining land to protect it against development. Some residential development has already taken place on the eastern edge of the site.

References

• "Buttertubs Marsh". BC Geographical Names.
• "Buttertubs Marsh Integrity Project". Nanaimo & Area Land Trust. Archived from the original on 2006-09-06. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
• "Buttertubs Marsh Conservation Area Management Plan" (PDF). Buttertubs Marsh Conservation Area Co-Management Steering Committee. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2011-09-11.