---
title: "Bowron Lake Park: provincial park around Prince George"
description: "Bowron Lake Park: provincial park, 4 h 42 min from downtown Prince George. Hunting, hiking, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, swimming, biking, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bowron-lake-park/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bowron-lake-park.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:39:10.239Z
---
# Bowron Lake Park
Provincial park, 4 h 42 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.17402,-121.01121) [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/bowron-lake-park/) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bowron-lake-park/#map)
## BC Parks advisories
- Communication alert for the Bowron Canoe Circuit · March 17, 2025
[Details on the BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/bowron-lake-park/)
## About
> Bowron Lake Park is a large wilderness area on the western slopes of the Cariboo Mountain Range. The world-renowned Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit is a 116 km chain of waterways and connecting land. The full circuit takes between six and 10 days to complete.
From BC Parks Data API.
## What’s there
### Activities
- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
- [Hiking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hiking)
- [Canoeing and kayaking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=paddling)
- [Fishing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=fishing)
- [Swimming](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=swimming)
- [Biking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=biking)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)
### Amenities
- Pit or flush toilets
- Drinking water
- Boat launch
- Campfires
- Cabins and huts
- Group camping
- Frontcountry camping
- Marine-accessible camping
As published by BC Parks Data API.
## Map
[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=provincial-parks)
Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
## Nearby
- [Mount Faulkner](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-faulkner/) Summit 2.2 km
- [Tediko Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tediko-ridge-summit/) Summit 2.3 km
- [Mount Foreman](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-foreman/) Summit 6.1 km
- [Isaac Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/isaac-lake/) Lake 6.6 km
- [Ford Peak](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ford-peak/) Summit 7.7 km
- [McLeod Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mcleod-ridge-summit/) Summit 8.1 km
- [Flat Top Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/flat-top-mountain/) Summit 8.6 km
- [Tediko Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tediko-ridge/) Summit 9.0 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 4 h 42 min, 237 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 21 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 142 km from downtown
- **Area**: 139,700 ha
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.17402, -121.01121
## Links
- [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/bowron-lake-park/)
- [Reservations (BC Parks)](https://camping.bcparks.ca/)
- [BC freshwater fishing regulations](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations)
- [BC Parks](https://bcparks.ca/)
- [Fire bans and restrictions](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions)
- [Avalanche Canada](https://avalanche.ca/map)
[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)
Source: [BC Parks Data API](https://bcparks.ca/bowron-lake-park/). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.
Source read 2 days ago
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## More in Explore
[See all in Explore](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/browse/#explore)
- [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/bowron-lake-park
- **slug**: bowron-lake-park
- **name**: Bowron Lake Park
- **category**: provincial-parks
- **categories**: provincial-parks, campgrounds, huts, swimming, boat-launches
- **kind**: Provincial park
- **lat**: 53.17402
- **lng**: -121.01121
- **kmFromCentre**: 141.5
- **driveKm**: 237.1
- **driveMinutes**: 282
- **offRoadMetres**: 21397
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: 139700
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hunting, hiking, paddling, fishing, swimming, biking, camping
- **amenities**: Pit or flush toilets, Drinking water, Boat launch, Campfires, Cabins and huts, Group camping, Frontcountry camping, Marine-accessible camping
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **description**: Bowron Lake Park is a large wilderness area on the western slopes of the Cariboo Mountain Range. The world-renowned Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit is a 116 km chain of waterways and connecting land. The full circuit takes between six and 10 days to complete.
- **directions**: _none_
- **page**:
- **source**: BC Parks Data API
- **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_
#### advisories
| title | date | safety |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communication alert for the Bowron Canoe Circuit | 2025-03-17T22:15:00.000Z | false |
#### links
| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| BC Parks page | https://bcparks.ca/bowron-lake-park/ |
| Reservations (BC Parks) | https://camping.bcparks.ca/ |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mount-faulkner | Mount Faulkner | summits | summits | Summit | 53.19312 | -121.02161 | 2.2 | 139.7 | 234.7 |
| tediko-ridge-summit | Tediko Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 53.18213 | -121.0423 | 2.3 | 139.3 | 237.1 |
| mount-foreman | Mount Foreman | summits | summits | Summit | 53.12076 | -120.98791 | 6.1 | 146.3 | 237.1 |
| isaac-lake | Isaac Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.21607 | -120.94075 | 6.6 | 142.6 | 234.7 |
| ford-peak | Ford Peak | summits | summits | Summit | 53.22456 | -121.09052 | 7.7 | 133.9 | 234.7 |
| mcleod-ridge-summit | McLeod Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 53.23134 | -121.08649 | 8.1 | 133.7 | 234.7 |
| flat-top-mountain | Flat Top Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.11956 | -121.10271 | 8.6 | 140.4 | 233.3 |
| tediko-ridge | Tediko Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 53.16359 | -121.14493 | 9 | 135.1 | 233.3 |
_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._
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