Close To The Edge Provincial Park and Protected Area
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Close To The Edge Provincial Park and Protected Area is a provincial park
and a protected area in British Columbia
, Canada
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, a significant cave
feature: the deepest shaft (255 m) and the third deepest cave (472 m) in Canada. The cave was discovered in 1985, but its bottom was not reached until 2001.
The adjacent Protected Area was established on January 25 2001 to protect the less significant caves Bluebell Resurgence Cave and Twin Falls Resurgence, and is a lower level of protection which allows future logging road access to the headwaters of Hedrick Creek.
Both the Park and the Protected Area also protect habitat for caribou, moose, black and grizzly bears.
. Access is on logging
roads, followed by unmaintained horse/foot trails. There are no park facilities.
Provincial park
A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...
and a protected area in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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History and conservation
The Park was established June 29, 2000 to protect Close To The EdgeClose To The Edge (cave)
Close To The Edge is a significant cave in the Dezaiko Range of the Rocky Mountains in Canada. It is within Close To The Edge Provincial Park and Protected Area about 160km east of Prince George, British Columbia.-Cave setting and form:...
, a significant cave
Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...
feature: the deepest shaft (255 m) and the third deepest cave (472 m) in Canada. The cave was discovered in 1985, but its bottom was not reached until 2001.
The adjacent Protected Area was established on January 25 2001 to protect the less significant caves Bluebell Resurgence Cave and Twin Falls Resurgence, and is a lower level of protection which allows future logging road access to the headwaters of Hedrick Creek.
Both the Park and the Protected Area also protect habitat for caribou, moose, black and grizzly bears.
Location
Close To The Edge Provincial Park and Protected Area is located within the Dezaiko Range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Prince George, British ColumbiaPrince George, British Columbia
Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...
. Access is on logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
roads, followed by unmaintained horse/foot trails. There are no park facilities.
See also
- The Stone Corral (Monkman Provincial Park)