Pasayten Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Pasayten Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib


caption = View from Slate Peak
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location = Washington, USA
nearest_city = Mazama, WA
lat_degrees = 48
lat_minutes = 50
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 120
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 0
long_direction = W
area = 530,031 acres (2145 km²)
established = October 2, 1968
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governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

Pasayten Wilderness is a 2145 km². protected area located within Okanogan National Forest in Washington State, centered on the watershed of the upper Pasayten River, a tributary of the Similkameen River. The northern boundary of the wilderness is the Canadian border. Across the border are Manning Provincial Park and Cathedral Provincial Park. The wilderness area is adjacent to the Ross Lake National Recreation Area to the west, and North Cascades National Park beyond that.

The Pasayten is traditional hunting territory of the Nlaka'pamux peoples of the Fraser Canyon and Nicola Country along with adjoining parts of the Cascade Range, although there are no Nlaka'pamux populations on the Washington side of the border.

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/oka/about/history.shtml Pasayten Wilderness website] by the U.S. Forest Service

See also

* Jack Mountain
* North Cascades