Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park, Provincial park in Cariboo Regional District, Canada
Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park covers 113,469 hectares of the Cariboo Mountains in British Columbia, northeast of Likely. It lies between Bowron Lakes Provincial Park to the northwest and Wells Gray Provincial Park to the southeast. The park was created in 1995 as Mitchell Lake/Niagara Park and renamed Cariboo Mountains Park in 2000.
The park received its Class A designation in 1995 following recommendations from a regional land-use planning initiative. This official recognition marked the protection of this mountain region as a priority conservation area.
The park lies in the traditional territory of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) and Carrier (Dakelh) peoples, whose communities used the mountain valleys and lakes for hunting, fishing and travel. The present-day Williams Lake Band and Red Bluff Band are among the Secwepemc and Carrier groups tied to this country.
The best starting point for a visit is Ghost Lake, which offers the only vehicle-accessible campground in the park. You reach this spot via a gravel road after traveling from the mining town of Barkerville along Highway 26.
The park was gazetted in 1995 as Mitchell Lake/Niagara Park, and only in 2000 did it take the name Cariboo Mountains Park. The earlier name survives on the map in Mitchell Lake and Niagara Lake, both inside the park's 113,469 hectares.
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