Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park

Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast is a boat-access coastal park known for sheltered coves, anchorages, steep forested slopes, waterfalls, and rugged peaks descending to the sea. Created in 1973, it became a protected landscape long after the area had been used for thousands of years by the Sliammon, now the Tla’amin Nation, and the Klahoose First Nations. Their displacement, conflicts over access to traditional foods and places, and ongoing concerns about pollution and development remain central to the park’s story. The park also supports rich marine and terrestrial life and is especially important habitat for the marbled murrelet.