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Wells Gray Provincial Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)[1]
Helmcken Falls
Map showing the location of Wells Gray Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Wells Gray Provincial Park
Location of Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Nearest cityClearwater
Coordinates52°19′26″N 120°08′59″W / 52.32389°N 120.14972°W / 52.32389; -120.14972
Area541,516 ha (2,090.80 sq mi)
EstablishedNovember 28, 1939
Visitors104,731 (in 2019)
Governing bodyBC Parks
Websitebcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/wells_gry/ Edit this at Wikidata

Wells Gray Provincial Park is a large wilderness park located in east-central British Columbia, Canada.[2] The park protects most of the southern, and highest, regions of the Cariboo Mountains and covers 5,415 square kilometres (541,516 hectares or 1.3 million acres). It is British Columbia's fifth largest provincial park, after Tweedsmuir, Tatshenshini, Spatsizi and Northern Rocky Mountains.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Protected Planet | Wells Gray Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. ^ "Wells Gray Park". BC Geographical Names.
  3. ^ Neave, Roland (2023). Exploring Wells Gray Park, 7th edition. Wells Gray Tours, Kamloops, BC. ISBN 978-0-9681932-3-5.
  4. ^ Goward, Trevor and Hickson, Cathie (1995). Nature Wells Gray, 2nd edition. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton, AB. ISBN 1-55105-065-X.

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