Poland Lake Hut
The place
Poland Lake Hut in E.C. Manning Provincial Park, Sunshine Valley/Hope sector (Canadian Cascades, British Columbia, Canada), at 1,747 m elevation, on the Poland Lake Trail (12 km return). Continuous Canada BC cluster (batches 200-329). BC Parks day-use shelter on the shore of Poland Lake (named after a Polish settler, 1900s), an area of subalpine fir Abies lasiocarpa and mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana with views of Mount Frosty 2,408 m (the park's highest point), heritage of the Nlaka'pamux (Salish people, first encountered by European explorer Simon Fraser in 1808).
The setting
Manning PP Sunshine Valley/Hope Cascades BC Canada 1,747 m Poland Lake Trail 12 km return, continuous cluster batches 200-329, BC Parks day-use Poland Lake named after Polish settler 1900s, Abies lasiocarpa/Tsuga mertensiana view of Frosty 2,408 m, Nlaka'pamux Salish Simon Fraser 1808.
