Claud Elliott Lake Park

Claud Elliott Lake Park is one of three protected areas nestled along the upper Tsitika watershed. The area is part of a river system ranked among the 10 most important fish streams on Vancouver Island. Adjacent to the park along its western boundary is Claud Elliott Creek Ecological Reserve, which protects representative montane forest communities and critical deer and Roosevelt elk winter range. Two kilometers to the east is Mount Elliott Ecological Reserve, featuring a small, self contained subalpine drainage and hanging valley.The park contains two lakes, Claud Elliott Lake and Fickle Lake. Both popular destinations for sport fishing and nature appreciation.This remote, undeveloped park has provincially significant conservation and recreational values that typify old-growth valley bottom forest and wetlands. The park contains some interesting geological features related to an adjacent basalt pillar reserve. Large boulders and remnants of a large rock slide can be found at the northern end of the park, downstream of Fickle Lake.