Fort St. James National Historic Site management plan approved by Parks Canada

Parks Canada President and CEO Ron Hallman has approved the management plan for the Fort St. James National Historic Site.

Management plans are reviewed by Parks Canada every ten years, and guide the management of national historic sites, national parks and national marine conservation areas.

The new plan for the Fort St. James National Historic Site outlines four key strategies:

• Honouring Indigenous connections and culture
• Protecting and presenting cultural heritage
• Welcoming visitors
• Site resilience

The plan includes a special focus on reviewing and renewing Indigenous community connections in the vicinity of Nak’al’bun (Stuart Lake) with the commemorative integrity and visitor experience opportunities at the site. 

Those communities include the Nak’azdli Whut’en, Tl’azt’en, Yekooche, and Binche Whut’en First Nations and the Métis Nation of BC.

Indigenous partners in the Fort St. James and Vanderhoof area provided input on the plan, as well as other public partners representing the Fort St. James community, Northern BC Tourism, BC Parks and others.

“I acknowledge and appreciate the key role that the community of Fort St. James and neighbouring communities play in helping Parks Canada to fulfill its mandate, on behalf of Canadians, including many collaborations aimed at protecting commemorative integrity and the provision of natural and cultural tourism related services for visitors to Fort St. James National Historic Site of Canada,” Hallman said.

Parks Canada is pleased to announce that the Fort St. James National Historic Site Management Plan 2024 is now complete.
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— Fort St. James NHS, Parks Canada (@FortStJamesNHS) November 27, 2024

The full plan can be found here.