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title: "Clear Lake: recreation site around Prince George | PG Pulse"
description: "Clear Lake: recreation site, 59 min from downtown Prince George. Picnics, ice fishing, canoeing and kayaking, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/clear-lake/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/clear-lake.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:10:23.456Z
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# Clear Lake

Recreation site, 59 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.66747,-123.02155) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1252) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/clear-lake/#map)

## About

> This site is situated along the edge of Clear Lake and offers ample space for 3 camping parties, as well as extra parking for day users. The basic amenities of fire rings, tables and pit toilets are provided. There are 2 car-top boat launches - one at each end of the site.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Picnics](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=picnics)
- [Ice fishing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=ice-fishing)
- [Canoeing and kayaking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=paddling)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- 3 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings
- Cartop boat launch

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

## Getting there

Head west on Highway 16 from PG and turn left onto the Blackwater Rd - proceed 21km and turn right on to the Pelican FSR. At 5km turn to the right. Drive an additional 5 km and turn left onto Willy's Hump Rd where the main road ends (you will see a gate on the main road). Travel 1.8km on the Willy's Hump road and then turn left. The site is located another 1.3kms. The site is 2WD accessible but a high clearance vehicle is recommended as the road has not received maintenance in several years.

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

- [Shesta Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/shesta-lake/) Recreation site 4.3 km
- [Shesta Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/shesta-lake-rk4t5u0/) Lake 4.4 km
- [Shesta Picnic Site](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/shesta-picnic-site/) Recreation site 5.4 km
- [Mount Baldy Hughes](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-baldy-hughes/) Summit 7.3 km
- [Lynx Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lynx-lake/) Lake 8.9 km
- [Erickson Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/erickson-lake-nlrgtxr/) Lake 9.1 km
- [Nelson Lake Rec Site](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/nelson-lake-rec-site/) Recreation site 10 km
- [Nadsilnich Lake (West Lake) Trail System](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/nadsilnich-lake-west-lake-trail-system/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 11 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 59 min, 39 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 33 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 3
- **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.66747, -123.02155

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1252)
- [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/REC1252). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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## 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/clear-lake

- **slug**: clear-lake
- **name**: Clear Lake
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.66747
- **lng**: -123.02155
- **kmFromCentre**: 33
- **driveKm**: 39.4
- **driveMinutes**: 58.6
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: picnics, ice-fishing, paddling, camping
- **amenities**: 3 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Cartop boat launch
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This site is situated along the edge of Clear Lake and offers ample space for 3 camping parties, as well as extra parking for day users. The basic amenities of fire rings, tables and pit toilets are provided. There are 2 car-top boat launches - one at each end of the site.
- **directions**: Head west on Highway 16 from PG and turn left onto the Blackwater Rd - proceed 21km and turn right on to the Pelican FSR. At 5km turn to the right. Drive an additional 5 km and turn left onto Willy's Hump Rd where the main road ends (you will see a gate on the main road). Travel 1.8km on the Willy's Hump road and then turn left. The site is located another 1.3kms. The site is 2WD accessible but a high clearance vehicle is recommended as the road has not received maintenance in several years.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/clear-lake/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1252>
- **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/REC1252 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| shesta-lake | Shesta Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches, swimming | Recreation site | 53.63392 | -122.98961 | 4.3 | 35.2 | 39.1 |
| shesta-lake-rk4t5u0 | Shesta Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.63071 | -122.99596 | 4.4 | 35.7 | 39.5 |
| shesta-picnic-site | Shesta Picnic Site | rec-sites | rec-sites | Recreation site | 53.62032 | -123.00023 | 5.4 | 36.9 | 40.7 |
| mount-baldy-hughes | Mount Baldy Hughes | summits | summits | Summit | 53.61542 | -122.95444 | 7.3 | 36.1 | 41.2 |
| lynx-lake | Lynx Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.62507 | -122.90656 | 8.9 | 34.1 | 39.1 |
| erickson-lake-nlrgtxr | Erickson Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.58755 | -122.99117 | 9.1 | 39.9 | 42.9 |
| nelson-lake-rec-site | Nelson Lake Rec Site | rec-sites | rec-sites | Recreation site | 53.58686 | -122.95312 | 10 | 39.1 | 43.3 |
| nadsilnich-lake-west-lake-trail-system | Nadsilnich Lake (West Lake) Trail System | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 53.7101 | -122.87298 | 10.9 | 24.4 | 28.2 |

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

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