Cascade Recreation Area, Provincial park in Fraser Valley and Okanagan-Similkameen, Canada.
The Cascade Recreation Area is a provincial park spanning over 11,000 hectares of mountainous terrain that forms part of the Hozameen Range in British Columbia's Cascade Mountains. The landscape features dense forests, steep slopes, and multiple waterfalls throughout the territory.
The Cascade Recreation Area was created as a provincial recreation area on March 14, 1987, covering roughly 11,858 ha in the Hozameen Range. It was merged into the neighbouring E.C. Manning Provincial Park on May 31, 2012, ending its separate status after 25 years.
The area protects the upper Tulameen River valley and is home to species rare in southern British Columbia, including grizzly bear, wolverine, fisher and golden-mantled ground squirrel. Pika, northern flying squirrel and spotted owl also live here. Access on foot or horseback follows the Dewdney Trail or Whatcom Trail from the Crowsnest Highway.
No road reaches the area itself: access is on foot or by bike via the Dewdney Trail or Whatcom Trail from the Crowsnest Highway, or via the Whipsaw Creek Road, a forestry road ending east of the area. Hikers, horse riders and mountain bikers use it in summer, snowmobilers in winter. The nearest towns are Hope and Princeton.
The upper Tulameen River valley within the area shelters species rare in southern British Columbia, including grizzly bear, wolverine, fisher and golden-mantled ground squirrel, alongside pika, red squirrel and spotted owl. Its highest point is Snass Mountain at 2,310 m in the Hozameen Range.
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