B.C. Will get national park to preserve land and culture

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This Saturday, July 11, B.C. Premier Bill Vander Zalm and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will sign a pact that will form a new Canadian national park. The agreement comes after years of political manoeuvres with money and negotiations with the Haida Indians.

The park is to be established in the South Moresby region. The area, which is rich with unique and rare plants and animals, escaped the last ice age.

In addition, the park boundaries will include Haida totem poles and longhouses.

Mike Nichol, executive director of the Haida Nation Council, says he is cautious about the prospect of a park.