Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park (Nisga'a: Anhluut'ukwsim Lax̲mihl Angwinga'asankswhl Nisg̲a'a) is a provincial park in the Crater Creek, Tseax River and Nass River valleys of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, about 80 kilometres north of Terrace, and near the Nisga'a Villages of Gitlakdamix and Gitwinksihlkw.

The park was established by Order in Council on April 29, 1992, expanded in 1995, included in the Nisga'a Treaty in 2000, and is the first park in the province to be jointly managed by the government and a First Nation.[2] An interpretive centre in a traditional Nisga'a longhouse informs visitors about the Nisga'a legend that accounts for the lava as well as geological causes.

The park has waterfalls, pools, cinder cones, lava tree molds, lava tubes, spatter cones, lava-dammed lakes, caves and other features created by lava flows. The park aims to protect moose, goats, marmots, bears and many other species of wildlife.

The park covers 178.93 square kilometres in area.[3]

Protected areas

Three small protected areas are contiguous with Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park.[4][5][6] Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Protected Area is a narrow, approximately 10.5-hectare (26-acre) corridor adjacent to Gitlaxt'aamiks established on December 13, 2011.[4][7] Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Corridor Protected Area is a narrow corridor near Gitlaxt'aamiks.[5] It covers about 1 hectare (2.5 acres) and was established on July 30, 2008.[8] Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Corridor Protected Area (No. 2) is a narrow, approximately 63.5-hectare (157-acre) strip established on June 8, 2015, along the Nisga'a Highway corridor in the northwestern portion of Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park.[6][9]

Recreation area

The former Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Recreation Area was annexed into Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park in 1995, increasing the size of the park to 17,893 hectares (44,210 acres).[10]

Volcanic eruption

It is believed to be the site of Canada's most recent volcanic eruption and lava flow, a geological disaster that killed an estimated 2,000 people.[11]

The source of the eruption was the Tseax Cone. Large lava flows dammed the Nass River and destroyed two villages of the Nisga'a people around the year 1700. Lava beds rise as much as 12 metres (39 feet) above the modern road.

Nisga'a oral histories record the names of the two villages destroyed in the eruption, Wii Lax K'abit and Lax Ksiluux.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Protected Planet | Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a (a.k.a. Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park)". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ^ BC Parks
  3. ^ "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park". BC Geographical Names.
  4. ^ a b "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Corridor Protected Area". BC Parks. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  5. ^ a b "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Corridor Protected Area (No. 2)". BC Parks. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  6. ^ a b "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Corridor Protected Area". BC Parks. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  7. ^ "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Protected Area". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  8. ^ "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Corridor Protected Area". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  9. ^ "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Corridor Protected Area (No. 2)". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  10. ^ "Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park". BC Geographical Names. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  11. ^ Lukovich, Jeff (2007-08-04). "Lava bed bears witness to deadly eruption". Vancouver Sun. pp. H5.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisga%27a_Memorial_Lava_Bed_Provincial_Park
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