Upper Seymour River Park

Upper Seymour River Park takes in the headwaters of the Seymour River, which forms the major drainage system into the Seymour Arm of Shuswap Lake. The 10,672 hectare park has provincially significant conservation values associated with representation of a wide mountain valley within the northern Columbia Mountains, with steep mountain slopes enclosing old-growth interior wet-belt forests and extensive river and wetland environments. The Upper Seymour Valley has a long elevational range of forest types from lower Interior cedar-hemlock forests, through subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce forests to alpine habitats, with much of the forested stands in old growth condition. The extensive wetlands, slide-paths and forests are important habitats for grizzly and Mountain Caribou. The lower park section is narrow and bound by forest harvesting roads and extensive cutblocks. The upper portion is in pristine wilderness, with no apparent sign of human use. The high glaciers and alpine tundra at the north end of the park are used for helicopter based tourism activities: skiing, touring, mountaineering, fishing and hiking.