Eskers Provincial Park is a

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. The park comprises roughly and was created in 1987. Located west of Nukko Lake, which lies northwest of the city of Prince George, it protects an area of the Stuart River Eskers Complex.

Eskers An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an ''asar'', ''osar'', or ''serpent kame'', is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North Ameri ...

are winding ridges of gravel formed by the glaciers which once covered the

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References

BC Parks - Eskers Provincial Park
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