Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park History and conservation
Akamina Kishinena Provincial Park is located in the southeast
corner of the province. This wilderness area along with Waterton
Lakes National Park and US Glacier National Park, preserves the
Crown of the Continent UNESCO World Heritage Site at the
narrowest point of the Rocky Mountains. Preserves and protects
the habitat of the last self-sustaining grizzly bear population
in the United States, as well as a winter range for goats and
big horn sheep. Protected plant species include the rare Mimulus
luteus (yellow monkey flower) and the rare Papaver pygmaeum
(pigmy poppy) that are found nowhere else in BC. The trails and
passes of the Akamina-Kishinena were used for many years by the
early people’s and wildlife travelling between the Flathead
Basin and the abundant Great Plains. For instance, the Kootenai
aboriginal people travelled through South Kootenay Pass to reach
the plains for trading and buffalo hunting. The spectacular
southeast corner of the p