Mount Edziza Recreation Area

{{Short description|Recreation area in British Columbia, Canada}}

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| location = Cassiar Land District, British Columbia, Canada

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| area_ha = 4000

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| established = 27 July 1972

| disestablished = 19 March 2003

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The Mount Edziza Recreation Area was a recreation area in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of the community of Telegraph Creek.{{cite bcgnis|id=36847|name=Mount Edziza Recreation Area|access-date=2023-06-26}} It was established on 27 February 1972 along with Mount Edziza Provincial Park.{{cite bcgnis|id=8172|name=Mount Edziza Park|access-date=2023-06-26}} Initially, the {{Convert|249999|acres|ha|adj=mid|order=flip|abbr=off}} recreation area formed a {{Convert|1|to|10|km|mi|adj=mid|-wide|abbr=off}} buffer zone around much of the provincial park.{{cite web|last=Wojdak|first=Paul|url=https://propertyfile.gov.bc.ca/reports/PF831020.pdf|title=Evaluation of Mineral Potential for Mount Edziza Recreation Area|publisher=Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources|pages=1, 3|year=1993|access-date=2023-06-26}}

About {{Convert|96770|ha|acres|abbr=off}} of the Mount Edziza Recreation Area was annexed into Mount Edziza Provincial Park on 21 March 1989, greatly reducing its size to around {{Convert|4000|ha|acres|abbr=off}}. By this time only a small portion of the recreation area was located east of Mount Edziza.{{cite map|url=https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502071600/https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg|title=Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia|scale=1:250,000|series=104 G|map=A 502|edition=3|type=Topographic map|publisher=Department of Energy, Mines and Resources|year=1989|language=en,fr|access-date=2023-06-26|archive-date=2021-05-02}} On 19 March 2003, the Mount Edziza Recreation Area was disestablished to allow resource development on the Spectrum mineral claims.{{cite news|last=Hewgill|first=Wayne|url=https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/precious-metals-investing/gold-investing/drill-tracker-weekly-skeena-resources-spectrum-bc/|title=Drill Tracker Weekly: Skeena Extends Mineralization to Depth at Spectrum|publisher=Investing News|year=2015|access-date=2023-06-26}}