Skihist Provincial Park, Provincial park in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Canada

Skihist Provincial Park covers 386 hectares on the south bank of the Thompson River, split by the Trans-Canada Highway into a riverside picnic area and a hillside campground. The land rises from 250 metres near the river to over 1,600 metres at its southern edge. Most of the park is forested with ponderosa pine, and two trails total eight kilometres, one leading to a viewpoint and the other forming a loop.

Skihist Provincial Park was established on 16 March 1956 as a 33-hectare campground and rest stop on the Trans-Canada Highway. A section of the Cariboo Road, built between 1862 and 1865 to link Yale with the Cariboo gold mines, runs through the park. After the highway lost traffic to the Coquihalla Highway in the 1980s, the campground was modernised and the park enlarged to 386 hectares on 19 May 2010.

Before European settlement, the Thompson River valley here was hunting and settlement ground for groups of the Northern Interior Salish. The park also holds a section of the Cariboo Road, built between 1862 and 1865 to link Yale with the Cariboo gold mines.

The park offers around 58 campsites during warmer months with basic facilities such as water access and toilets available typically from May through September. Plan your visit for the summer season when all amenities are open and the river provides easy access to the site.

The park preserves a section of the Cariboo Road, built between 1862 and 1865 to connect Yale with the gold mines of the Cariboo Mountains. The modern Highway 97 follows part of that route. The park was enlarged from 33 to 386 hectares on 19 May 2010.