Arctic Pacific Lakes Provincial Park

Arctic Pacific Lakes Provincial Park

Arctic Pacific Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

History and conservation

The park was established June 29 2000.

The parks aims to protect fall and spring grizzly bear populations and year round caribou habitat. As well fish populations including lake trout, bull trout, rainbow trout, kokanee, dolly varden, mountain whitefish, redside shiner, lake char, and chinook salmon, and Arctic grayling. The secondary role of the park is to protect the 1793 route of Alexander Mackenzie through the continental divide.

Location

Located 90 kilometres northeast of Prince George, British Columbia.

ize

13,887 hectares in size.

External links

*BCGNIS|54969

* [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/arctic.html Arctic Pacific Lakes Provincial Park]


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