Hamber Provincial Park

Hamber Provincial Park
Fortress Lake and Chisel Peak
Map showing the location of Hamber Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Hamber Provincial Park
Location of Hamber Provincial Park in British Columbia
LocationColumbia-Shuswap RD, British Columbia, Canada
Nearest cityMica Creek and Jasper
Coordinates52°22′05″N 117°51′59″W / 52.36806°N 117.86639°W / 52.36806; -117.86639
Area240 km2
EstablishedSeptember 16, 1941
Governing bodyBC Parks
Websitebcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/hamber/ Edit this at Wikidata
Part ofCanadian Rocky Mountain Parks
CriteriaNatural: (vii), (viii)
Reference304
Inscription1990 (14th Session)
Map

Hamber Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 130 kilometres (80.7 mi) north of Golden. Straddling the Great Divide on the provincial boundary with Alberta, the park is surrounded on three sides by Jasper National Park and protects the headwaters of the Wood River at Fortress Lake.

When the park was created in 1941, it constituted one of the largest protected wilderness areas in Canada. In the early 1960s, the provincial government reduced its size by 98% due to pressure exerted by the forestry industry, planned hydroelectric developments along the upper Columbia River and the re-routing of the Trans-Canada Highway away from the park.

  1. ^ "Hamber Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved September 17, 2020.