Great Glacier Provincial Park
About This Park
Great Glacier Park, located downstream and across the Stikine River from Choquette Hot Springs Park, is visited by boaters for the outstanding views of the large ice tongue projecting into a peri-glacial lake. Protected in the low elevation per-glacial ecosystems are uncommon plant species and old forest. Great Glacier Park also provides spectacular backcountry recreation opportunities, including glacier viewing, camping, hiking and canoeing in a peri-glacial lake.
Park Size: 9,300 hectares
- Bring your own drinking water as potable water isnot available at this park.
Location and Maps
Great Glacier Park is approximately 120 km southwest of the community of Telegraph Creek and borders Alaska on its southwestern side. Access to the park is by boat on the Stikine River.
Nature and Culture
- History - A campsite at Great Glacier was previously a Forest Service Recreation Site before the Provincial Government designated Great Glacier as a Class A provincial park in 2001. Designation followed the recommendations of the Cassiar Iskut-Stikine Land and Resource Management Plan to protect the area in recognition of its scenic river-level glacier and spectacular peri-glacial lake.
- Cultural Heritage - Great Glacier Park is located within the asserted traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation. The Stikine River is still used as a subsistence fishery.
- Conservation - Great Glacier park lies within the Boundary Ranges Ecosection. It projects a variety of low elevation per-glacial ecosystems, including uncommon plant species and old forest.
- Online Management planning information for this park is not available at this time.