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Close To The Edge Provincial Park and Protected Area is a
provincial park Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to t ...
and a protected area in
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,
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.


History and conservation

The Park was established June 29, 2000 to protect
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, a significant
cave A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...
feature: the deepest shaft (255 m) and the third-deepest cave (472 m) in Canada. The cave was discovered in 1985, but its bottom was not reached until 2001. The adjacent Protected Area was established on January 25 2001 to protect the less significant caves Bluebell Resurgence Cave and Twin Falls Resurgence, and is a lower level of protection which allows future logging road access to the headwaters of Hedrick Creek. Both the Park and the Protected Area also protect habitat for caribou, moose, black and grizzly bears.


Geography

Close To The Edge Provincial Park and Protected Area is located within the Dezaiko Range of the
Canadian Rocky Mountains The Canadian Rockies (french: Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part ...
approximately 160 kilometres northeast of
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. It is 702 hectares in size (414 ha Provincial Park and 288 ha Protected Area).


Facilities

There are no park facilities. Access is on logging roads, followed by unmaintained horse/foot trails.


See also

* The Stone Corral (Monkman Provincial Park)


References


External links

* Provincial parks of British Columbia Northern Interior of British Columbia Caves of Canada 2000 establishments in British Columbia Protected areas established in 2000 {{BritishColumbia-park-stub