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Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park

57.5128° N, 128.1181° W

Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park, British Columbia. 57.5128° N, 128.1181° W

Provincial park, 6,990 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/spatsizi-plateau-wilderness-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.

Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park is a 6,990 km² provincial park 17 km southeast of Eddontenajon, in British Columbia. It was established in 1975.

15 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Cold Fish Lake (8 km²).

Area
6,990 km²
Established
1975
Named lakes
15

Sun and moon today

Civil dawn
7:13 a.m.
Sunrise
7:51 a.m.
Sunset
6:46 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:25 p.m.
Moonrise
5:24 a.m.
Moonset
5:59 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 4% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 15 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureArea
1Cold Fish Lake8 km²
2Laslui Lake5.08 km²
3Hotlesklwa Lake4.7 km²
4Tuaton Lake3.77 km²
5Buckinghorse Lake1.83 km²
6Ella Lake1.59 km²
7Chapea Lake1.27 km²
8Happy Lake1.26 km²
9Metsantan Lake0.53 km²
10Cartmel Lake0.47 km²
11Klahowya Lake0.39 km²
12Black Fox Lake0.26 km²

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia