--- title: "Blackwater Canyon: trail around Prince George | PG Pulse" description: "Blackwater Canyon: trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC), 1 h 57 min from downtown Prince George. 15 km long." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/blackwater-canyon/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/blackwater-canyon.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-10-16T16:57:28.989Z --- # Blackwater Canyon Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC), 1 h 57 min from downtown Prince George. [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.29901,-123.08652) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1466) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/blackwater-canyon/#map) ## Map [Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=rec-trails) Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. ## Nearby - [A.M.H.T. Parking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/a-m-h-t-parking/) Recreation site 3.5 km - [Blackwater River Crossing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/blackwater-river-crossing/) Recreation site 3.7 km - [Cleswuncut Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cleswuncut-lake-uxld7oo/) Lake 5.8 km - [Cleswuncut Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cleswuncut-lake/) Recreation site 6.0 km - [Pantage Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pantage-lake/) Lake 9.8 km - [Punchaw Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/punchaw-lake-43y1s7i/) Lake 14 km - [Punchaw Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/punchaw-lake/) Recreation site 15 km - [Alexander Mackenzie Trail](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/alexander-mackenzie-trail/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 15 km - **Drive from downtown**: 1 h 57 min, 83 km by road - **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 1.4 km from this point - **Straight-line distance**: 72 km from downtown - **Length**: 15 km - **Good for**: Summer - **Coordinates**: 53.29901, -123.08652 ## Links - [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1466) - [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/) [Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/) Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1466). Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data. 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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/blackwater-canyon - **slug**: blackwater-canyon - **name**: Blackwater Canyon - **category**: rec-trails - **categories**: rec-trails - **kind**: Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) - **lat**: 53.29901 - **lng**: -123.08652 - **kmFromCentre**: 72.2 - **driveKm**: 82.7 - **driveMinutes**: 117.2 - **offRoadMetres**: 1439 - **elevationM**: _none_ - **areaHa**: _none_ - **lengthKm**: 15.2 - **activities**: _none_ - **amenities**: _none_ - **seasons**: summer - **lake**: _none_ - **park**: _none_ - **closure**: _none_ - **advisories**: _none_ - **description**: _none_ - **directions**: _none_ - **page**: - **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue) - **sourceUrl**: - **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/REC1466 | #### nearby | slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | a-m-h-t-parking | A.M.H.T. Parking | rec-sites | rec-sites | Recreation site | 53.30254 | -123.13936 | 3.5 | 73 | 80.5 | | blackwater-river-crossing | Blackwater River Crossing | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.28901 | -123.14017 | 3.7 | 74.4 | 82.3 | | cleswuncut-lake-uxld7oo | Cleswuncut Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.35057 | -123.0971 | 5.8 | 67 | 74.3 | | cleswuncut-lake | Cleswuncut Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 53.35207 | -123.1013 | 6 | 67 | 74.1 | | pantage-lake | Pantage Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.21131 | -123.0962 | 9.8 | 81.7 | 95.5 | | punchaw-lake-43y1s7i | Punchaw Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.42156 | -123.01952 | 14.3 | 57.9 | 70 | | punchaw-lake | Punchaw Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 53.42557 | -123.03553 | 14.5 | 57.8 | 63.7 | | alexander-mackenzie-trail | Alexander Mackenzie Trail | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 53.33933 | -122.87555 | 14.7 | 64.8 | 86.1 | _Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._ --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/blackwater-canyon/. 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