| North Thompson Oxbows Manteau Provincial Park | |||||||
| Iucn Category: | III | ||||||
| Map: | Canada British Columbia | ||||||
| Relief: | 1 | ||||||
| Location: | Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||
| Nearest City: | Valemount | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 52.4917°N -119.325°W | ||||||
| Coords Ref: | [1] | ||||||
| Area Ha: | 515 | ||||||
| Operator: | BC Parks | ||||||
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North Thompson Oxbows Manteau Provincial Park is a provincial park in Thompson-Nicola Regional District in the Interior region of British Columbia, Canada.[2] [3] The park was established on April 30, 1996, and has an area of . It protects "…floodplain wetlands, numerous oxbow lakes, sandbars, back channels, levees, along the glacier-fed North Thompson River."[4] There are no camping or day-use facilities.
The mouth of Canvas Creek is located in the park.[5]
The companion North Thompson Oxbows East Provincial Park is east and downstream. A third park of similar name, North Thompson Oxbows Jensen Island Provincial Park, is south and downstream, about north of Kamloops.[6]