Stawamus Chief Provincial Park
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Stawamus Chief Provincial Park is a provincial park
in British Columbia
, Canada
established in 1997. It includes hiking, rock climbing, camping, and scenic views across Howe Sound and Mount Garibaldi to the north. The park was recently upgraded as part of the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project, which gifted it with a new signature pedestrian bridge with a striking form that uses two blue, splayed arches and a curved concrete deck.
It is located just to the south of the town of Squamish
, on the Sea to Sky Highway at the top NE corner of the Howe Sound
.
It encompasses both the Stawamus Chief
and the Stawamus Squaw
granite
domes.
Provincial park
A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...
in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
established in 1997. It includes hiking, rock climbing, camping, and scenic views across Howe Sound and Mount Garibaldi to the north. The park was recently upgraded as part of the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project, which gifted it with a new signature pedestrian bridge with a striking form that uses two blue, splayed arches and a curved concrete deck.
It is located just to the south of the town of Squamish
Squamish, British Columbia
Squamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway...
, on the Sea to Sky Highway at the top NE corner of the Howe Sound
Howe Sound
Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound, actually a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver.-Geography:Howe Sound's mouth at the Strait of Georgia is situated between West Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. The sound is triangular shaped, open on its southeast towards the...
.
It encompasses both the Stawamus Chief
Stawamus Chief
The Stawamus Chief is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia. It towers over above the waters of nearby Howe Sound...
and the Stawamus Squaw
Stawamus Squaw
The Stawamus Squaw is a large dome of granitic rock located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia. Although the Squaw is indeed an impressive geological formation, it tends to be overshadowed by the Stawamus Chief, a much larger granitic dome located immediately south-west.The use of...
granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
domes.