Chasm Provincial Park
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chasm Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located near the town of Clinton.[1] Expanded to Script error: No such module "convert". in 1995, the park was originally created in 1940 to preserve and promote a feature known as the Painted Chasm, or simply The Chasm, a gorge created from melting glacial waters eroding a lava plateau over a 10 million year span called the Chilcotin Group.[2]
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Wildlife
Wildlife found in the park includes bighorn sheep, moose, mule deer, black bear, coyote, small mammals, songbirds and birds of prey.
Images
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Multiple flood basalt flows and trees in Chasm Provincial Park
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The Great Chasm in 1867, by Frederick Dally
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References
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