The Neck (British Columbia) facts for kids

The Neck is a cool mountain found in the northwestern part of British Columbia, Canada. It's located inside a beautiful place called Mount Edziza Provincial Park. This mountain is actually a special kind of volcanic feature. It was formed a very long time ago, about 1.6 million years ago, during a period called the Pleistocene epoch. It's part of a big chain of volcanoes known as the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province.

What is The Neck?

The mountain gets its interesting name, "The Neck," because of how it was formed. It's known as a volcanic plug or a volcanic neck.

How a Volcanic Plug Forms

Imagine a volcano that was once active. Deep inside, there's a channel or "vent" where hot, melted rock, called magma, used to flow up to the surface.

• Over time, this magma inside the vent cooled down and became hard rock.
• This hard rock plug was much stronger than the softer rock around the volcano.
• After the volcano stopped erupting, wind, rain, and ice slowly wore away the softer surrounding rock.
• But the tough, hard volcanic plug remained standing tall, looking like a giant natural tower or "neck."

So, The Neck mountain is basically the ancient, hardened core of a very old volcano! It's a great example of how powerful nature's forces like erosion can be.