Kleanza Creek Park is 15 kilometres east of the Highway 16 and Highway 37 junction in Terrace. BC Parks says it sits among Coast Mountains forests and rock canyons, with frontage on the Skeena River and on both sides of Kleanza Creek.
The park is also historically significant: BC Parks explains that Kleanza means gold in the Gitxsan language, and placer mining for gold began on the creek in the late 1890s.
Kleanza Creek Park combines campground access, creek-canyon scenery, and local gold-mining history. The main short walk is a one-kilometre easy trail to a 24-metre-deep box canyon on Kleanza Creek.
That canyon is impressive but serious. BC Parks warns that there are no restraining barriers, that all trail users should exercise extreme caution, and that a responsible adult should accompany children. There is also a viewing area above Kleanza Canyon, and visitors are told not to climb over the chain-link fence.
Whitewater kayaking is listed on Kleanza Creek, with no rentals available and caution required. Winter visitors can snowshoe in the park. Firearms are prohibited for safety reasons, and rock hunting or collecting is not permitted to protect the park's ecology.
Plan around frontcountry camping, the one-kilometre canyon trail, Kleanza Canyon viewpoint, whitewater kayaking by prepared paddlers, snowshoeing, gold-mining history, creek photography, and wildlife-safety planning.
Motor vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, and similar vehicles are restricted to roads and parking areas. The nearest sani-station is in Terrace, about 15 kilometres west of the park.
