Lax Kwaxl/Dundas and Melville Islands Conservancy
54.54° N, 130.8891° W
Lax Kwaxl/Dundas and Melville Islands Conservancy, British Columbia. 54.54° N, 130.8891° W
Conservancy, 331 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/bc/lax-kwaxl-dundas-and-melville-islands-conservancy/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Lax Kwaxl/Dundas and Melville Islands Conservancy is a 331 km² conservancy 25 km northwest of Prince Rupert, in British Columbia. It was established in 2008.
- Area
- 331 km²
- Established
- 2008
Conditions today
10 °C
Observed at Prince Rupert, as of 10:00 a.m. PDT
Today: Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this morning. Clearing this afternoon. Wind northwest 20 km/h except 40 over exposed coastal sections this morning. Wind becoming light this morning. High 12. UV index 1 or low.
Weather: Prince Rupert (local forecast), as of 10:02 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:25 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:01 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:59 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:34 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 7:00 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:18 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Things to do
Activities
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Wildlife viewing
Camping
- Wilderness camping
As listed by the park’s official page.
Official record
- Designation
- Conservancy
- Park class
- Class N
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Government of British Columbia
- Official website
- bcparks.ca