Mess Lake Lava Field, Mount Edziza Provincial Park

#13 among attractions in Mount Edziza Provincial Park

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The Mess Lake Lava Field is a volcanic field associated with the Mount Edziza volcanic complex of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies northwest of the Spectrum Range on the Kitsu Plateau and consists of young basaltic lava flows and tephra. The source for the basaltic lava and tephra was three cinder cones, including Mess Lake Cone and The Ash Pit, which may be the youngest volcanic feature of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. ()

Coordinates: 57°28'55"N, 130°45'17"W

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Mess Lake Lava Field – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Spectrum Range, Cache Hill, Mess Lake, Tadeda Peak.

4.3 miSE
Volcano
Spectrum Range, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
109 min walk • The Spectrum Range, formerly called the Spectrum Mountains and the Rainbow Mountains, is a subrange of the Tahltan Highland in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, 20 km west of the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, south of Mount Edziza and north of the Arctic Lake Plateau.
4.6 miNE
Volcano
Cache Hill, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
119 min walk • Cache Hill is a cinder cone in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is thought to have last erupted in the Holocene period. Once used as an airdrop for food and supplies by the Geophysical Survey of Canada, hence its name, it is located north of Raspberry Pass in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
4.9 miW
Lake
Mess Lake, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
125 min walk • Mess Lake is a lake in Mount Edziza Provincial Park northern British Columbia, Canada. It is an expansion of Mess Creek.
6.6 miNE
Volcano
Tadeda Peak, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
169 min walk • Tadeda Peak, also known unofficially as Tadeda Centre, is a volcanic peak in northern British Columbia, Canada, located just northeast of Raspberry Pass in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
2.4 miSW
Volcano
The Ash Pit, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
62 min walk • The Ash Pit is an inactive volcanic crater, located in the Spectrum Range in British Columbia, Canada. It is Holocene in age and is considered the youngest feature in the Spectrum Range volcanic complex.

Mess Lake Lava Field, Mount Edziza Provincial Park

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Mess Lake Lava Field – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Spectrum Range, Mount Edziza Provincial Park

Cache Hill, Mount Edziza Provincial Park

Mess Lake, Mount Edziza Provincial Park

Tadeda Peak, Mount Edziza Provincial Park

The Ash Pit, Mount Edziza Provincial Park