It encompasses both the eponymous Stawamus Chief and the Slhanay granitic domes and the surrounding forest.

In 2009, the park received upgrades as part of the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project, which gave it a new signature pedestrian bridge with an unusual form that uses two blue, splayed arches and a curved concrete deck.

It is located to the south of the town of Squamish, on the Sea to Sky Highway at the top NE corner of Howe Sound.

government removed 2.36 hectares of land from Stawamus Chief Provincial Park through legislation, a move that garnered much public debate.

[2] This was done to enable construction of the privately operated Sea to Sky Gondola, which opened for business in 2014.