Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field
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The Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field is a field of volcanoes located in southeastern British Columbia. The field consists of small, basaltic volcanoes. The origin of the volcanism is yet unknown but is probably related of crustal thining. Many individual volcanoes in the Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field has been active for the least 3 million years.
Volcanoes in this field include: Boss Mountain, Buck Hill Cone, Dragon Cone, Fiftytwo Ridge, Flatiron, Flourmill Cone, Gage Hill, Hyalo Ridge, Ida Ridge, Jack's Jump, Jacques Lake, Kostal Cone, McLeod Hill, Mosquito Mound, Pillow Creek, Pointed Stick Cone, Pyramid Mountain, Quesnel Lake, Ray Mountain, Spanish Bonk, Spanish Lake Centre, Spanish Mump, and Whitehorse Bluffs.
The field is now a provincial park; it includes the 465 foot-high Helmcken Falls.
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