Callaghan Lake Provincial Park 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 ...

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, located in the upper

Callaghan Valley The Callaghan Valley is located in the Sea to Sky Country of southwestern, British Columbia, in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains 90 km north of Vancouver. It was the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics's Whistler Olympic Park, the venu ...

to the west of the resort town of Whistler. The dormant volcano

Mount Callaghan Mount Callaghan is a volcanic peak located east of the headwaters of the Squamish River, just northeast of the Powder Mountain Icefield and just south of the Pemberton Icefield in the Sea to Sky Country of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, ...

overlooks the lake on its north side, while just to the south of the park is the sliding events facility for the

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. Callaghan Lake was to be the site of the base village for a proposed ski resort, Powder Mountain Resort, but the project never went through due to alleged interference by William Vander Zalm and others in the then-

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government. The park was established in 1997 and expanded in 2000, currently totalling approximately 2,691 hectares.

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Callaghan Lake Provincial Park
Provincial parks of British Columbia Sea-to-Sky Corridor Pacific Ranges Protected areas established in 1997 1997 establishments in British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-park-stub