White River Provincial Park is a

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. It is located 27 km south of

Sayward Sayward is a village located in the Sayward Valley on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is about inland from Kelsey Bay on a spur from Highway 19. The village (like its West Kootenays namesake) was called af ...

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Recreation

Fishing and hiking is available within park boundaries. A short loop-trail to the White River allows viewing of giant old-growth

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and Western Red Cedar trees. This area has apparently been referred to as the

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of northern Vancouver Island. Kelsey Bay Division (MacMillan Bloedel Ltd) fallers refused to fall this area in 1990 and it was left. This did not happen very often.

References

External links

BC Parks - White River Provincial Park
Northern Vancouver Island Provincial parks of British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-park-stub