Hamber Provincial Park

Hamber Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)[1]
Fortress Lake and Chisel Peak
Location of Hamber Provincial Park in British Columbia
Location	Columbia-Shuswap RD, British Columbia, Canada
Nearest city	Mica Creek and Jasper
Coordinates	52°22′05″N 117°51′59″W / 52.36806°N 117.86639°W / 52.36806; -117.86639
Area	240 km2
Established	September 16, 1941
Governing body	BC Parks
Website	bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/hamber/
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Criteria	Natural: (vii), (viii)
Reference	304
Inscription	1990 (14th Session)

Hamber Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 130 kilometres (80.7 mi) north of Golden. Straddling the Great Divide on the provincial boundary with Alberta, the park is surrounded on three sides by Jasper National Park and protects the headwaters of the Wood River at Fortress Lake.

When the park was created in 1941, it constituted one of the largest protected wilderness areas in Canada. In the early 1960s, the provincial government reduced its size by 98% due to pressure exerted by the forestry industry, planned hydroelectric developments along the upper Columbia River and the re-routing of the Trans-Canada Highway away from the park.