---
title: "Battleship Bay: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Battleship Bay: recreation site on Stuart Lake, 2 h 56 min from downtown Prince George. Swimming, camping. 1 campsite, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/battleship-bay/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/battleship-bay.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T17:22:31.072Z
---

# Battleship Bay

Recreation site on Stuart Lake, 2 h 56 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.52279,-124.40892) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1269) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/battleship-bay/#map)

## About

> Boat access only. toilet and beach site table. Very scenic; gravel beach, user maintained.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Swimming](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=swimming)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- 1 campsite
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings
- Free

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

## Getting there

located on the eastern shore of Stuart Lake, roughly 13 kms from Fort St James.

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)

Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

## Nearby

- [Mount Pope](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pope/) Summit 4.9 km
- [Mount Pope Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pope-park/) Provincial park 6.1 km
- [Boat launch on Stuart Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-stuart-lake-37dj0v4/) Boat launch 8.6 km
- [Pinchi Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pinchi-lake/) Lake 10 km
- [Murray Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/murray-ridge-summit/) Summit 11 km
- [Boat launch on Stuart Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-stuart-lake/) Boat launch 11 km
- [Paarens Beach Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/paarens-beach-park/) Provincial park 12 km
- [Sowchea Bay Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/sowchea-bay-park/) Provincial park 12 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 56 min, 187 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 2.8 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 127 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 1
- **Maintenance**: User Maintained
- **Access**: Boat-in, Motorized
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 54.52279, -124.40892

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1269)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/168081463)
- [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/REC1269). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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- [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/battleship-bay

- **slug**: battleship-bay
- **name**: Battleship Bay
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, swimming
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 54.52279
- **lng**: -124.40892
- **kmFromCentre**: 127.2
- **driveKm**: 187.4
- **driveMinutes**: 175.9
- **offRoadMetres**: 2837
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: swimming, camping
- **amenities**: 1 campsite, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Free
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: Stuart Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: Boat access only. toilet and beach site table. Very scenic; gravel beach, user maintained.
- **directions**: located on the eastern shore of Stuart Lake, roughly 13 kms from Fort St James.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/battleship-bay/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1269>
- **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/REC1269 |
| OpenStreetMap | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/168081463 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mount-pope | Mount Pope | summits | summits | Summit | 54.50493 | -124.3403 | 4.9 | 122.4 | 177.9 |
| mount-pope-park | Mount Pope Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks | Provincial park | 54.49078 | -124.33289 | 6.1 | 121.1 | 168.3 |
| boat-launch-on-stuart-lake-37dj0v4 | Boat launch on Stuart Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 54.56973 | -124.5146 | 8.6 | 135.7 | 196.2 |
| pinchi-lake | Pinchi Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.61247 | -124.40773 | 10 | 132.6 | 206.6 |
| murray-ridge-summit | Murray Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 54.54972 | -124.24289 | 11.1 | 119.9 | 177.3 |
| boat-launch-on-stuart-lake | Boat launch on Stuart Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 54.42219 | -124.37608 | 11.4 | 119.8 | 164.8 |
| paarens-beach-park | Paarens Beach Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, campgrounds, swimming, boat-launches | Provincial park | 54.41848 | -124.38005 | 11.7 | 119.9 | 164.4 |
| sowchea-bay-park | Sowchea Bay Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, campgrounds, swimming, boat-launches | Provincial park | 54.42012 | -124.44951 | 11.7 | 124 | 169.1 |

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

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