Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park

Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park
IUCN category II (national park)
View from Gott Peak
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Nearest city	Lytton, British Columbia
Coordinates	50°15′26″N 122°0′12″W / 50.25722°N 122.00333°W / 50.25722; -122.00333Coordinates: 50°15′26″N 122°0′12″W / 50.25722°N 122.00333°W / 50.25722; -122.00333
Area	1,071.91 km²
Established	November 22, 1995
Governing body	BC Parks & Lytton First Nation

Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Nearly the complete Stein River watershed from the mountains to the Fraser River is protected in this park, though there are some areas of the watershed that were left out.

History and conservation

In the 1980s there was a plan to log the valley. This was protested by the environmentalists who argued that this was the last untouched watershed in the southern Coast Mountains. In 1988 Fletcher Challenge announced a moratorium on logging the Stein. After strong public support, and an annual music festival that raised awareness, the Stein Valley was finally protected as a park on November 22, 1995. It is jointly administered by the Lytton First Nation and BC Parks.

The name "Stein" comes from the Nlaka'pamux word "stagyn", which means "hidden place". This land is an important spiritual land for the First Nations in the area. There are a number of pictographs in the park. Some are easily visible, others must be sought out, and some are closely guarded secrets of the local people.

The park protects over 50 species of mammals, including mountain goat, cougar, wolverine, black bear and grizzly bear. Bird species include golden eagles, sharp shinned hawks, barred owls, pygmy owls, white-tailed ptarmigan, pileated woodpeckers and rufous hummingbirds, as well as several species of chickadees, warblers and nuthatches. The Stein River contains Dolly Varden char, rainbow trout and Rocky Mountain whitefish, as well as steelhead trout, coho, pink and Chinook salmon.

View of Blowdown Lake, from the slopes of Gott Peak.

Recreation

This park has 150 km of backpacking trails and a number of wilderness camping areas. There are four cable crossings and a suspension bridge across the river.

Location

Located near Lytton, British Columbia, or 185 kilometres west of Kamloops, British Columbia.

Area

1,071.91 km²

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Pacific Ranges

Ranges	Bendor Britannia Bunster Cadwallader Calliope Camelsfoot Cantilever Caren Chilcotin Colville Conical Douglas Earle Edwards Fannin Fitzsimmons Franklyn Fraser Garibaldi Gastineau Georgina Koeye Lewis Lillooet Namu Nicholl Niut North Shore Pantheon Pembroke Sir Harry Tantalus Tottenham Unwin Waddington Wharncliffe Whitemantle

Mountains	Akasik Alfred Alice Arthur Asperity Birkenhead Bishop The Black Tusk Blackcomb Blanshard Brandywine Breakenridge Brew Brew Burke Callaghan Capricorn Castle Towers Cauldron Cayley Cinder Cone Clarke Coquitlam Crevasse Crag Crickmer Crown Currie Cypress Devastator Dewdney Eagle Edge Elsay Fang Fee Fitzgerald Forefinger Frederick William Fromme Garibaldi Good Hope Grouse Helena Job Judge Howay Kinch Little Finger Little Ring Luna Mamquam Meager Merlon Middle Finger Monarch Monmouth Munday Nicomen One Eye Opal Cone Overill Pali Petlushkwohap Plinth Powder Price Pylon Pyroclastic Queen Bess Raleigh Red Tusk Ring Robie Reid Round Serratus Seymour Silverthrone Skihist Stein Somolenko Spearhead Table Tantalus Taseko Tatlow Tiedemann Tricouni Tuber Vic Victoria Vulcan's Thumb Waddington Wedge Wellington

Passes	Cayoosh Griswold McGillivray Pemberton Railroad Tyoax Wedge

Glaciers	Compton Névé Diamond Garibaldi Névé Ha-Iltzuk Homathko Klinaklini Mamquam Monarch Pashleth Powder Mountain Silverthrone Spearhead

Communities	List of communities in British Columbia

Parks	Clendinning Duffey Lake Garibaldi Mount Elphinstone Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Spruce Lake (South Chilcotin) Upper Lillooet Golden Ears Tantalus Mehatl Creek Birkenhead Lake Joffre Lakes Ts'il?os Bishop River Princess Louisa Marine Callaghan Nairn Falls Brandywine Falls Alice Lake Blackcomb Glacier Tetrahedron Stawamus Chief Murrin Mount Seymour Cypress Indian Arm Pinecone-Burke Shannon Falls Rolley Lake Sasquatch Big Creek Homathko Estuary Davis Lake

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