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title: "Emerald Lake: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Emerald Lake: recreation site, 58 min from downtown Prince George. Swimming, canoeing and kayaking, picnics, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/emerald-lake/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/emerald-lake.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:07:46.249Z
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# Emerald Lake

Recreation site, 58 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.42256,-122.60758) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1299) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/emerald-lake/#map)

## About

> This small site is in close proximity to Crystal Lake and offers space for 5 camping parties. The site provides the basic amenities of tables, fire rings and a pit toilet. A short footpath of 100 metres allows users to carry small boats to the water's edge. Anglers may have luck catching stocked rainbow trout.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

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

### Amenities

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

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

## Getting there

Travel ~65kms north of Prince George, turn right off of Hwy 97 (look for the "McEwan" sign). Keep to the left at the first junction and follow this main access road. The site is at 3km. At 1.5-2kms you will pass by Crystal Lake recreation site.

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

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

## Nearby

- [Crystal Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/crystal-lake/) Recreation site 0.5 km
- [Crystal Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/crystal-lake-ki1wyob/) Lake 1.0 km
- [McEwan Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mcewan-lake/) Lake 5.2 km
- [Hart Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/hart-lake/) Lake 5.9 km
- [Augustine Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/augustine-lake/) Lake 6.8 km
- [Crooked River Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/crooked-river-park/) Provincial park 7.0 km
- [Dominion Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/dominion-lake/) Lake 7.1 km
- [Log Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/log-lake/) Lake 7.4 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 58 min, 69 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 57 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 5
- **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 54.42256, -122.60758

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1299)
- [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/REC1299). 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/emerald-lake

- **slug**: emerald-lake
- **name**: Emerald Lake
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches, swimming
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 54.42256
- **lng**: -122.60758
- **kmFromCentre**: 57
- **driveKm**: 68.5
- **driveMinutes**: 58.3
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: swimming, paddling, picnics, camping
- **amenities**: 5 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Cartop boat launch
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This small site is in close proximity to Crystal Lake and offers space for 5 camping parties. The site provides the basic amenities of tables, fire rings and a pit toilet. A short footpath of 100 metres allows users to carry small boats to the water's edge. Anglers may have luck catching stocked rainbow trout.
- **directions**: Travel ~65kms north of Prince George, turn right off of Hwy 97 (look for the "McEwan" sign). Keep to the left at the first junction and follow this main access road. The site is at 3km. At 1.5-2kms you will pass by Crystal Lake recreation site.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/emerald-lake/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1299>
- **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/REC1299 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| crystal-lake | Crystal Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites | Recreation site | 54.4207 | -122.61497 | 0.5 | 56.7 | 67.9 |
| crystal-lake-ki1wyob | Crystal Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.41566 | -122.61826 | 1 | 56.1 | 69.3 |
| mcewan-lake | McEwan Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.42901 | -122.52804 | 5.2 | 58.7 | 93.7 |
| hart-lake | Hart Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.4686 | -122.65333 | 5.9 | 61.6 | 70.7 |
| augustine-lake | Augustine Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.36233 | -122.62709 | 6.8 | 50.1 | 59.6 |
| crooked-river-park | Crooked River Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, campgrounds, swimming | Provincial park | 54.47323 | -122.67132 | 7 | 62 | 74.5 |
| dominion-lake | Dominion Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.45206 | -122.70498 | 7.1 | 59.6 | 71.8 |
| log-lake | Log Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.35568 | -122.60835 | 7.4 | 49.6 | 61.2 |

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

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