Wrinkly Face Provincial Park, Provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
Wrinkly Face Provincial Park is a protected area in British Columbia north of Winfield featuring basalt cliffs and open meadow landscapes. The park covers 43 hectares and provides views over Okanagan Lake.
Wrinkly Face Provincial Park was established on May 20, 2004, to protect its fragile dry and seasonally wet meadows and interior Douglas fir forest. The area has been home to the Syilx First Nations for thousands of years. The park covers 43 hectares and takes its name from the wrinkled look of its basalt cliffs.
The park lies within the traditional territory of the Syilx First Nations, who have lived in and around this area for thousands of years. The park's name comes from the wrinkled look of its basalt cliffs. Visitors today share the High Rim Trail with hikers and horseback riders passing along the cliff edge.
The park is accessible via local logging roads, with the Okanagan High Rim Trail serving as the main route through the area. This trail accommodates hikers and those on horseback throughout the park.
Five red- or blue-listed vascular plants grow here, among them the red-listed Obscure Cryptantha (Cryptantha ambigua) and Needleleaved Navarretia (Navarretia intertexta). The blue list adds Northern Linanthus, False-mermaid and Awned Cyperus. The name Wrinkly Face comes from the look of the basalt cliffs.
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