Mount Edziza Provincial Park

Mount Edziza Provincial Park is a provincial park in Cassiar Land District of northern British Columbia, Canada. It was established on 27 July 1972 to showcase the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and the surrounding Tahltan Highland.

Mount Edziza Provincial Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)[1]
Alpine tundra of Mount Edziza
Location in British Columbia
Location	Cassiar Land District, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	57°39′N 130°45′W
Area	266,180 ha (1,027.7 sq mi)
Established	27 July 1972
Governing body	BC Parks
Website	Mount Edziza Provincial Park

Geography

The park includes the Mount Edziza volcanic complex, a large group of overlapping shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes, cinder cones, lava domes and calderas oriented in a north−south trending line. It includes Mount Edziza at its northern end and the Spectrum Range at its southern end, both of which are within the boundaries of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.^[2][3]

See also

• Mount Edziza Recreation Area
• Stikine River Provincial Park
• Tenh Dẕetle Conservancy

References

1. "Protected Planet | Mount Edziza Park". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
2. Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jürgen (1990). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge University Press. pp. 124, 125. ISBN 0-521-43811-X.
3. "A 502" (Topographic map). Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia (3 ed.). 1:250,000. 104 G (in English and French). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

External links

• "Mount Edziza Park". BC Geographical Names.
• Media related to Mount Edziza Provincial Park at Wikimedia Commons