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{{Short description|Provincial park in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox protected area 
| name = Mount Robson Provincial Park
| iucn_category = II
| iucn_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Protected Planet {{!}} Mount Robson Park|url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/18649|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Protected Planet}}</ref>
| photo = Berg Lake Canadian Rockies.jpg
| photo_caption = Mt. Robson's north face, Berg and Mist glaciers calving into [[Berg Lake]]
| map = Canada British Columbia
| relief = yes
| map_caption = Location of ''Mount Robson Provincial Park'' in [[Canada]]
| location = [[British Columbia]], Canada
| nearest_city = [[Valemount, British Columbia|Valemount]], [[Jasper, Alberta|Jasper]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53|02|02|N|119|13|54|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 = 2249
| established = 1913
| visitation_num = 
| visitation_year = 
| governing_body = [[BC Parks]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 7
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| embedded = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| child         = yes
| part_of       = [[Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site|Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks]]
| criteria      = {{UNESCO WHS type|(vii), (viii)}}(vii), (viii)
| ID            = 304
| year          = 1990}}
}}
'''Mount Robson Provincial Park''' is a provincial park in the [[Canadian Rockies]] with an area of 2,249&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}. The park is located entirely within [[British Columbia]], bordering [[Jasper National Park]] in [[Alberta]]. The B.C. legislature created the park in 1913, the same year as the first ascent of [[Mount Robson]] by a party led by [[Conrad Kain]]. It is the second-oldest park in the provincial system.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/mt_robson/|title = Mount Robson Provincial Park and Protected Area/Mount Robson Corridor Protected Area - BC Parks|publisher = www.env.gov.bc.ca|access-date = 2016-03-14}}</ref>  The park is named for Mount Robson, which has the highest point in the Canadian Rockies and is located entirely within the park.

==History==
The first recreational trail was built in 1913 by Jasper outfitter [[Donald "Curly" Phillips]] along the [[Robson River]] to [[Berg Lake]].

From May to September, the Mt. Robson Visitor Information Centre is open to the public, and is a common stop on the [[Yellowhead Highway]]. The only commercial services within the park are at a combination coffee-shop gas station complex at the same viewpoint. There are two government campgrounds near the Visitor Centre and one near [[Yellowhead Pass]].

==Geography==
The park spans the [[Yellowhead Highway]] and is located 390 kilometres west of [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]] or 290 kilometres east of [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]].

The source of the [[Fraser River]] is in Mount Robson Provincial Park. A dripping spring just west of a pond at [[Fraser Pass]] is the actual source of British Columbia's longest river. It is located {{convert|40|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the Yellowhead Highway at Lucerne Campground. There are no trails there and the best access is by helicopter from [[Valemount]].

===Notable features===
Notable natural features found in the park include:
*[[Arctomys Cave]]
*[[Berg Lake]]
*[[Kinney Lake]]
*[[Yellowhead Lake]]

==World Heritage Site==
In 1990 Mount Robson Park was included within the [[Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks]] [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web
 | date=1990
 | title=World Heritage Committee: Fourteenth Session
 | publisher=UNESCO
 | url=https://whc.unesco.org/archive/repcom90.htm
 | access-date=24 June 2012}}</ref>  Together with the other [[national parks|national]] and [[provincial park]]s that comprise the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, the park was recognized for its natural beauty and the geological and ecological significance of its mountain landscapes containing the habitats of rare and endangered species, mountain peaks, [[glacier]]s, lakes, waterfalls, [[canyon]]s, limestone caves and fossils.

==See also==
*[[List of British Columbia Provincial Parks]]
*[[List of World Heritage Sites in Canada]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* Adams, Ansel (2013). ''Ansel Adams In The Canadian Rockies''. Little, Brown and Company. {{ISBN|978-0316243414}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}

* {{Official website}}
* {{Wikivoyage inline}}
{{World Heritage Sites in Canada}}
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
{{British Columbia parks}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Provincial and state parks in the Rocky Mountains]]