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Muncho Lake
Provincial Park
§ (250) 776 7000 # Daily
One of three provincial
parks that were established
after the construction of the
EXPERIENCE British Columbia Interior encom passes the bare peaks 15 16
Alaska Highway, Muncho
Lake occu pies the most scenic
section of the road. The park
of the northern Rockies, whose
craggy limestone slopes are
a testament to thousands of
years of glacial erosion. The
highway skirts the eastern
Sicamous
Northern Parks
shoreline of Muncho Lake
before crossing the Liard River.
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§ (250) 771 4591
In early summer, passing
motorists are likely to see
northern BC comprise Mount
moose grazing amid meadows
Sicamous is an appealing
Edziza Prov incial Park, Spatsizi
waterfront village with
filled with colorful wild flowers.
charming streets hung with
Plateau Wilderness Provincial
The roadside also attracts The provincial parks of sicamouschamber.bc.ca
goats, caribou, and stone Park, and, farther north, Atlin flower-filled planters. Located
sheep, drawn by delicious Provincial Park. These offer between Mara and Shuswap
deposits of sodium, known remote landscapes, with high lakes, at the junction of the
as mineral licks. peaks, ice fields, and tundra. Trans-Canada Highway and
Established in 1972, Mount Hwy 97A, the town is ideally
Edziza Provincial Park is placed for touring the lakes
distinguished by its volcanic and the town of Salmon Arm,
landscape, which includes lava at the northern end of the
STAY rivers, a basalt plateau, and Okanagan Valley (p116). Over
cinder cones. The park can be
200 houseboats are available
reached by boat or floatplane. for renting in the summer,
To stay overnight in the There is no vehicle access and there are also numerous
picturesque Muncho in the park land, and only
Lake Provincial Park, rugged overland trails or
either head for the two chartered floatplanes take
main vehicle-accessible visitors through the park’s
campgrounds or opt for open meadows, arctic birch
the privately owned,
more comfortable lodge. woods, and over creeks.
Across the highway lies
the even harsher country of
Strawberry Flats
Campground Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness
⌂ Mile 438 Alaska Hwy Provincial Park, which includes
the snow-capped peaks of the
\\\ Skeena Mountains. Gladys
Lake, a small lake in the center
MacDonald of the park, is an ecological
Campground reserve for the study of sheep
⌂ Mile 460 Alaska Hwy and mountain goats. Access
to the park is limited to a
\\\
small road leading from
the village of Tatogga along
Northern Hwy 37.
Rockies Lodge Atlin Provincial Park is only
! Mile 462 Alaska Hwy acces sible from the Yukon on
\\\ Hwy 7, off the Alaska Highway.
About one-third of the spec-
tacular park is covered by
large ice fields and glaciers.
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