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History of Resource Extraction and Use

Main resource extracted were berries and edibles plants by the indigeneous people of the area. Cerise Creek was an important food source for the Lilwat people, that's why in 2008, an agreement was signed that protected the Nt ̓ákmen Areas of the Lilwat people. Nt ̓ákmen Areas are areas that are key for the LIlwat people to engage in their traditional practices and maintain the relationship with their ancestral land.

Smith, T. (2022). FOREST MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION GOVERNANCE IN RELATION TO INDIGENOUS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY WITH THE LÍL ̓WAT FIRST NATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (thesis). https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0415891/4

Recreation and Park Use

Cerise Creek is a beautiful natural conservatory with activities ranging from backcountry skiing in the wintertime to hiking the trails during the other seasons. Apart from gruelling physical activities, visitors can also sightsee the wonders of nature and the beauties of the wildlife in the area. Although all these recreational activities are availble to the visitors, the are many challenges due to the difficulty of the terrain. The hikes and backcountry skiing require skill and experience according to past visitors saying that completing the hike is no easy feat.

Look for either future of park, or effects of cliamte change

Previously, due to two landslides occuring at Joffre Peak, the trails of Cerise Creek had to be shut down. This occured in May of 2019 and as of recently, the trails of Clerise Creek as well as Keith's hut have since been reopened. The reasons these landslides occured was due to the retreat of glaciers and the degradation of permafrost over time cuased the landslides to occur. Another reason was the snowmelt of that year, which along with the other factors caused the landslide to happen.

Friele, P., Millard, T., Mitchell, A., Allstadt, K. E., Menounos, B., Geertsema, M., & Clague, J. J. (2020). Observations on the May 2019 Joffre Peak landslides, British Columbia. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01332-2