Netalzul Meadows Park

Highlights in this park

Netalzul Meadows is located in the Harold-Price watershed, about 50 km north of Smithers. The park is comprised of an unusual wet meadow complex, as well as a spectacular waterfall and rare plant species.

The park has opportunities for wildlife viewing, nature appreciation and study, viewing of a 100 m waterfall, hunting and hiking.

Know before you go

Advisories

Safety information

The combination of prime bear habitat within the park and the low visibility on trails, due to thick bush, increases the possibility of bear and human confrontations. Always make noise while hiking or wear a bear bell.

Review the detailed guides under visit responsibly for more information on staying safe and preserving our natural spaces.

Visit responsibly

Follow these guides to ensure your activities are safe, respectful, and ecologically friendly:

Maps and location

Getting there

Netalzul Meadows is not easily accessible. Travel time off Highway 16 is approximately one and a half to two hours and includes 140 km of mostly unpaved, narrow roads and 1 km of hard to follow trails. Once in the park, thick undergrowth and tall meadow plants make for difficult travel.

Netalzul Meadows is accessed via the Upper Fulton (3000) Forest Service Road, off Babine Lake Road. At km 51 of the Upre Fulton (3000) FSR, turn onto an unarked road on the right. This rough road ends at a creek crossing. There is a parking area and an ATV trail leading to the Camp Lake. The ATV trail continues northwest into an old cutblock with substantial regrowth. Experience with a map and compass or a GPS will be needed to navigate through the cutblock and into the meadow.

Things to do

Hiking

There are no maintained trails within this park but game trails provide hiking opportunities within the meadow and down to the waterfall. Experience with a map and compass or GPS is essential. Hikers should make plenty of noise and be prepared for encounters with wildlife as the thick brush in the meadow makes for poor visibility.

Wildlife viewing

This remote park provides great opportunities for viewing various bird species in the meadow.

Hunting

The park is open to hunting. All hunters to the area should refer to the current BC Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis for more information.

Anyone hunting in British Columbia must comply with BC hunting regulations. To learn more, see the fishing and hunting guide.

About this park

Cultural heritage

Netalzul Meadows is within the traditional territory of the Wet’suwet’en and Ned’u’ten peoples.

History

Netalzul Meadows Park became a protected area in 1996.

Conservation

This park protects under represented forested and non-forested moist sub boreal spruce ecosystems. Key aspects are a spectacular waterfall with a calciphytic spray zone which supports rare plant species, including the provincially rare Aster-Peavine Meadow plant community. It is also excellent summer and winter habitat for moose.

Wildlife

Bears, moose, wolves and deer all frequent Netalzul Meadows.

Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

BC Parks honours Indigenous Peoples’ connection to the land and respects the importance of their diverse teachings, traditions, and practices within these territories. This park webpage may not adequately represent the full history of this park and the connection of Indigenous Peoples to this land. We are working in partnership with Indigenous Peoples to update our websites so that they better reflect the history and cultures of these special places.

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