---
title: "Ahbau Lake recreation site, 2 h 36 min from Prince George"
description: "Ahbau Lake: recreation site, 2 h 36 min from downtown Prince George. Canoeing and kayaking, hunting, boating, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ahbau-lake/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ahbau-lake.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:39:10.329Z
---

# Ahbau Lake

Recreation site, 2 h 36 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.30319,-122.07864) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1164) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ahbau-lake/#map)

## About

> This semi-remote site is located on the northern shores of beautiful Ahbau Lake, near the border of the Prince George and Quesnel Forest Districts. This site has camping pads to accommodate 10 larger units as well as another 10 smaller sites on the upper loop road.

From Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Canoeing and kayaking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=paddling)
- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
- [Boating](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=boating)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- 22 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings
- Concrete boat launch

As published by Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).

## Getting there

The turn off is located approximately 17.5 km south of Hixon on Highway 97. Turn left onto the Naver Creek (700) Road at Dunkley Lumber Mill. Drive for approximately 35 km and turn right at KM 735. Drive for approximately 2.5 km, and the site is a right turn around KM 1038. The site is easily accessible by 2WD vehicles.

Driving directions from Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue). Forest service roads can be rough or closed: check [DriveBC](https://www.drivebc.ca/) for highways.

## Map

[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=rec-sites)

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## Nearby

- [Boat launch on Ahbau Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-ahbau-lake/) Boat launch 0.6 km
- [Ahbau Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ahbau-lake-9tdriu5/) Lake 4.2 km
- [Hay Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/hay-lake/) Lake 5.9 km
- [Lodi Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lodi-lake/) Lake 8.4 km
- [Crescent Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/crescent-lake/) Recreation site 12 km
- [Crescent Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/crescent-lake-3zy3cfg/) Lake 12 km
- [Naver Creek](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/naver-creek/) Recreation site 12 km
- [Genevieve Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/genevieve-lake-07j20a5/) Lake 15 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 36 min, 118 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 81 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 22
- **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.30319, -122.07864

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1164)
- [BC freshwater fishing regulations](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations)
- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/)
- [Fire bans and restrictions](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions)

[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)

Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1164). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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- [Things to do Parks, trails, indoor fun](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/)
- [Indoor fun Things to do on rainy and cold days](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/indoor-activities/)
- [Where to stay Hotels, motels, B&Bs and campgrounds](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/where-to-stay/)
- [History and places The bowl, the rivers, the railway](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/)
- [Lheidli T’enneh Whose land this is](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/indigenous/)
- [Land and resources Forests, mines, geography](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/resources/)

## Data

Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/).

### Place data

Source: [BC Parks Data API, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and the BC Freshwater Atlas (BC Data Catalogue), OpenStreetMap](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-parks-data-api-access). Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc) for BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and Freshwater Atlas places; ODbL 1.0 © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) for OpenStreetMap places and drive times; each place names its own source. Updated 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z.
JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/outdoors/ahbau-lake

- **slug**: ahbau-lake
- **name**: Ahbau Lake
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.30319
- **lng**: -122.07864
- **kmFromCentre**: 81.4
- **driveKm**: 118
- **driveMinutes**: 156.3
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: paddling, hunting, boating, camping
- **amenities**: 22 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Concrete boat launch
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: Ahbau Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This semi-remote site is located on the northern shores of beautiful Ahbau Lake, near the border of the Prince George and Quesnel Forest Districts. This site has camping pads to accommodate 10 larger units as well as another 10 smaller sites on the upper loop road.
- **directions**: The turn off is located approximately 17.5 km south of Hixon on Highway 97. Turn left onto the Naver Creek (700) Road at Dunkley Lumber Mill. Drive for approximately 35 km and turn right at KM 735. Drive for approximately 2.5 km, and the site is a right turn around KM 1038. The site is easily accessible by 2WD vehicles.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ahbau-lake/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1164>
- **licence**: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
- **fetchedAt**: 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z
- **onShore**: _none_

#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| Recreation Sites and Trails BC page | https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1164 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| boat-launch-on-ahbau-lake | Boat launch on Ahbau Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 53.29755 | -122.07882 | 0.6 | 81.9 | 118.8 |
| ahbau-lake-9tdriu5 | Ahbau Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.26741 | -122.09858 | 4.2 | 84.1 | 113.9 |
| hay-lake | Hay Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.3564 | -122.08394 | 5.9 | 76.2 | 119.5 |
| lodi-lake | Lodi Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.37874 | -122.08155 | 8.4 | 74.3 | 122 |
| crescent-lake | Crescent Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.27756 | -121.89979 | 12.2 | 90.6 | 131.9 |
| crescent-lake-3zy3cfg | Crescent Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.27448 | -121.90134 | 12.2 | 90.8 | 131.9 |
| naver-creek | Naver Creek | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches, swimming | Recreation site | 53.33194 | -122.25858 | 12.4 | 72.7 | 98.8 |
| genevieve-lake-07j20a5 | Genevieve Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.24931 | -122.28508 | 15 | 80.3 | 108 |

_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._

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