Stikine River Provincial Park | |
Iucn Category: | Ib |
Iucn Ref: | [1] |
Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Location: | Kitimat-Stikine RD and Stikine Region, British Columbia |
Nearest City: | Iskut |
Coordinates: | 58.0248°N -128.7144°W |
Coords Ref: | [2] |
Area Ha: | 257177 |
Established: | 14 March 1987 |
Governing Body: | BC Parks |
The Stikine River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia. The park covers a total area of approximately 217,000 hectares. The main feature of the Stikine River Provincial Park is a portion of the Stikine River known as "The Grand Canyon". This portion of the river is approximately eighty kilometers long and runs through a canyon that has been created from the river cutting through the rock that now forms the walls of the "canyon".