Great Glacier Provincial Park, Provincial park in Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, Canada.
Great Glacier Provincial Park lies in the Boundary Ranges of British Columbia, between the lower Stikine River and the Alaska border, directly across from Choquette Hot Springs Provincial Park. The park protects Great Glacier and the surrounding mountainous terrain, with a glacial outflow drainage entering the Stikine beside a primitive campground.
British Columbia's provincial government established this protected area in 2001 to preserve the glacier and surrounding mountain landscape. The designation aimed to safeguard the wild terrain for future generations.
Tahltan and Tlingit oral traditions recount that Great Glacier once reached across the Stikine River to the toe of Choquette Glacier, and that the ice was the site of the last major battle between the two nations. The park lies within Tahltan traditional territory, about 120 km south of Telegraph Creek.
The park is reached by water along the Stikine River; the primitive campground lies immediately downriver from where the glacial outflow drainage enters the river. The campground has tent sites, tables, fire pits, an outhouse, a food locker and rigging to hang food. A hiking trail leads from the campground to the glacial outwash lake.
The hiking trail starts at the primitive campground on the Stikine River, immediately downriver from where the glacial outflow drainage enters the river, and leads to the glacial outwash lake. The campground has tent sites, tables, fire pits, an outhouse, a food locker and rigging to hang food.
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