Artlish Caves Provincial Park

Artlish Caves Provincial Park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia protects a notable karst landscape centered on a major river cave system named for the Artlish River and the A'licath, or Artlish, people of the Kyuquot confederacy. First recorded in 1932 and more fully explored in the 1970s, its best-known caves are Artlish River Cave and the Black Hole. Fears that timber harvesting would damage the area led to reserve protection in 1977 and provincial park status in 1996. The park also preserves old-growth forest, fish-bearing waterways, and important habitat and migration corridors for Roosevelt elk, with its remoteness helping keep this sensitive environment undisturbed.

British Columbia · Canada