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Know before you go
Advisories
Review the detailed guides under visit responsibly for more information on staying safe and preserving our natural spaces.
Visit responsibly
Follow these guides to ensure your activities are safe, respectful, and ecologically friendly:
Maps and location
Getting there
The park is accessed by 40 kilometres of generally good two-wheel drive gravel roads from the community of Seymour Arm, which in turn is a 40 kilometre drive on gravel surface from the end of the paved road on the north shore of Shuswap Lake.
Things to do
For your own safety and the preservation of the park, obey posted signs and keep to designated trails. Shortcutting trails destroys plant life and soil structure. There are no developed trails at this park.
Opportunities exist for catching rainbow trout, bull trout and whitefish. Species restrictions in river, please refer to the current regulations for further information.
Anyone fishing in British Columbia must have an appropriate licence. To learn more, see the fishing and hunting guide.
Hunting is permitted in this park.
Anyone hunting in British Columbia must comply with BC hunting regulations. To learn more, see the fishing and hunting guide.
Anyone hunting in British Columbia must have an appropriate licence. Check the BC Hunting Regulations for seasons and closures.
Anyone hunting in British Columbia must comply with BC hunting regulations. To learn more, see the fishing and hunting guide.
About this park
This protected area was recommended through the Okanagan-Shuswap LRMP (Land and Resource Management Plan) process and formally established as a Class A Park on April 18th, 2001, through Order-in Council under the Protected Areas of British Columbia Act.
The 10, 672 hectare park has provincially significant conservation values associated with representation of a wide mountain valley within the northern Columbia Mountains with steep mountain slopes enclosing old-growth interior we-belt forests and extensive river. The very lower end of the park is in the Shuswap Highlands Ecosection.
There is a large mountain valley, extending from low river floodplain at 600 meters elevation to steep narrow headwaters that culminate at Seymour Pass at an elevation of 1200 meters. The valley sides are steep with numerous avalanche paths and streams leading from high mountain ridges and basins. The lower floodplain ecosystem is highly complex with river riparian and oxbows forming extensive wetlands of shallow ponds, marshes, wet meadows, fens and shrub carr habitats.
The park has extensive spring habitats for grizzly bear and seasonal habitats for mountain caribou. Mule deer and moose also inhabit the park. A small number of swans can be seen in ponds along the river during the summer. The river has native stocks of rainbow trout, and possibly bull trout.
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
BC Parks honours Indigenous Peoples’ connection to the land and respects the importance of their diverse teachings, traditions, and practices within these territories. This park webpage may not adequately represent the full history of this park and the connection of Indigenous Peoples to this land. We are working in partnership with Indigenous Peoples to update our websites so that they better reflect the history and cultures of these special places.
Contact
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