The recreation area provides a varied topography. Eighty kilometres of steep walled canyons, composed of sedimentary and volcanic rock, has been carved by eons of river erosion, resulting in the Grand Canyon. At the bottom of this sometimes 300-metre deep gorge flows the unnavigable Stikine River.
The canyon is set in a unique "dry belt" climate with open forests and grasslands. Wildlife includes mountain goats, black and grizzly bears, moose, caribou, wolf, coyotes, and many bird species.
Camping is permitted but no facilities exist. The land in the valley bottom of the Tahltan River is Indian Reserve and their permission is needed to camp there.
This is just one of hundreds of British Columbia Provincial Parks.