Joffre Lakes Provincial Park

Joffre Lakes Park is famous for its turquoise-blue lakes, jagged peaks, icefields, and cold rushing streams. The park offers stunning views and opportunities for hiking , camping , and climbing . This is an increasingly popular park, so backcountry camping reservations and day-use passes are often required. The Indigenous heritage of this area The area between North Joffre Creek and Cayoosh Pass is known as Pipi7íyekw, meaning a camping place where storage houses were, in the St̓atímcets language. Learn how to pronounce Pipi7íyekw from elder Charlie Mack. Ku̓kwpi7 Skalúlmecw Dean Nelson, Political Chief, Líĺwat Nation, speaks about the significance of the area “Joffre Lakes Park lies within the unceded territories of the Líĺwat Nation and N’Quatqua and is integral to who we are as N’Qu…