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Near to Anahim Lake is the Anahim Volcanic Belt – three mountain ranges of now dormant shield volcanoes that were formed by a "hot spot" under the Earth's crust.
The Anahim Volcanic Belt (AVB) is a west–east trending chain of volcanoes and related magmatic features in British Columbia, Canada. It extends from Athlone Island on the Central Coast, running eastward through the strongly uplifted and deeply dissected Coast Mountains to near the community of Nazko on the Interior Plateau. The AVB is delineated as three west-to-east segments that differ in age and structure. A wide variety of igneous rocks with differing compositions occur throughout these segments, comprising landforms such as volcanic cones, volcanic plugs, lava domes, shield volcanoes and intrusions.
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An area of excellent bear habitat and healthy populations of both grizzly and black bears.