Khutzeymateen Provincial Park

Khutzeymateen Provincial Park on British Columbia’s north coast was established in 1994 after a long conservation campaign to protect critical grizzly bear habitat in the Khutzeymateen River drainage basin. Also known as the Khutzeymateen or K'tzim-A-Deen Grizzly Sanctuary, it was the first area in Canada created specifically for grizzly bears and their habitat. The park also preserves the world’s largest contiguous stand of old-growth Sitka spruce and a large protected estuary on the British Columbia coast. Its protection was secured through the efforts of researchers, the Lax-kw'alaams First Nation, and Prince Philip, and access remains tightly controlled to preserve bears and the wider coastal ecosystem.

British Columbia · Canada