Chasm Provincial Park

Chasm Provincial Park in British Columbia, near Clinton, protects the Painted Chasm, a dramatic canyon cut by melting glacial waters through the Chilcotin Group lava plateau over about 10 million years. Established in 1940 and expanded in 1995 to 3,067 hectares, the park preserves a gorge with vividly colored walls averaging about 300 metres high, about 600 metres wide, and extending roughly 8 kilometres. Beside the historic Cariboo Road and along the northern rim followed by the Canadian National Railway, the park also includes ponderosa pine uplands, marshes, and lakes, supporting wildlife such as bighorn sheep, moose, mule deer, black bear, coyote, songbirds, and birds of prey.

British Columbia · Canada