Also known as the Nuxalk-Carrier Grease Trail, it was integral to the establishment of Canada as a country and it remains integral to the people who continue to use it. The trail was originally used by the Nuxalk and Carrier people for communication, transport and trade, in particular, trade in Eulachon grease from the Pacific coast. Alexander Mackenzie followed it in 1793 led by Nuxalk and Carrier guides. 

This trail, which is located on Blackwater Road past Baldy Hughes, and is one of the historical First Nation grease trails leading from the Central Interior to the coast. The heritage trail goes from the Fraser River to the Bella Coola River Valley, a distance of 347 km. The section easily walked is only a short piece of the entire route that provides view of the Blackwater River valley.

There are also old First Nation trails that go downstream (eastward) from the Recreation Site by the Blackwater River which also give good views of the Blackwater River and Valley.