Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park

Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, a small park in British Columbia's Bulkley River Valley within the asserted traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation, was established in 1967 after Gordon Harvey donated the land to protect fossil beds discovered near the start of the 20th century. Its internationally significant early Eocene fossils, preserved in shale from an ancient lake with volcanic ash layers, record life from just over 50 million years ago. The site is the northernmost known place in North America with fossilized Eocene insects and has also yielded fish, plants, birds, mammal jaws, and fossil feathers, preserving evidence of a much milder ancient forest and lake environment.

British Columbia · Canada