---
title: "Eskers Park: provincial park around Prince George | PG Pulse"
description: "Eskers Park: provincial park, 1 h 5 min from downtown Prince George. Hiking, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, wildlife viewing, biking, hunting. 4,044 ha."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/eskers-park/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/eskers-park.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:33:51.384Z
---
# Eskers Park
Provincial park, 1 h 5 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.08497,-123.22977) [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/eskers-park/) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/eskers-park/#map)
## About
> Eskers Park is a day-use park located 40 km northwest of Prince George. Encompassing 3,979 hectares of gently rolling terrain and many small lakes, the park conserves a portion of the 40 km long Stuart River Eskers Complex. These unique land forms, for which the park is named, are long sinuous gravel ridges.
From BC Parks Data API.
## What’s there
### Activities
- [Hiking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hiking)
- [Canoeing and kayaking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=paddling)
- [Fishing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=fishing)
- [Wildlife viewing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=wildlife)
- [Biking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=biking)
- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
### Amenities
- Picnic areas
- Pit or flush toilets
- Drinking water
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
- [Hidden Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/hidden-lake/) Lake 2.5 km
- [Ring Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ring-lake/) Lake 2.9 km
- [Meadow Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/meadow-lake-1j8yqfw/) Lake 3.7 km
- [Kathie Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/kathie-lake/) Lake 4.1 km
- [Camp Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/camp-lake-js3ck3j/) Lake 4.4 km
- [Boquist Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boquist-lake/) Lake 4.4 km
- [Shell Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/shell-lake/) Lake 4.6 km
- [Taginchil Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/taginchil-lake/) Lake 5.1 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 1 h 5 min, 47 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 4.4 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 37 km from downtown
- **Area**: 4,044 ha
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 54.08497, -123.22977
## Links
- [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/eskers-park/)
- [BC freshwater fishing regulations](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations)
- [BC Parks](https://bcparks.ca/)
[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)
Source: [BC Parks Data API](https://bcparks.ca/eskers-park/). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.
Source read 2 days ago
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- [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/eskers-park
- **slug**: eskers-park
- **name**: Eskers Park
- **category**: provincial-parks
- **categories**: provincial-parks
- **kind**: Provincial park
- **lat**: 54.08497
- **lng**: -123.22977
- **kmFromCentre**: 36.5
- **driveKm**: 47.2
- **driveMinutes**: 65.1
- **offRoadMetres**: 4404
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: 4044
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hiking, paddling, fishing, wildlife, biking, hunting
- **amenities**: Picnic areas, Pit or flush toilets, Drinking water
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: Eskers Park is a day-use park located 40 km northwest of Prince George. Encompassing 3,979 hectares of gently rolling terrain and many small lakes, the park conserves a portion of the 40 km long Stuart River Eskers Complex. These unique land forms, for which the park is named, are long sinuous gravel ridges.
- **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_
#### links
| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| BC Parks page | https://bcparks.ca/eskers-park/ |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| hidden-lake | Hidden Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.09927 | -123.20041 | 2.5 | 35.7 | 47.2 |
| ring-lake | Ring Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.06106 | -123.24591 | 2.9 | 36.2 | 46 |
| meadow-lake-1j8yqfw | Meadow Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.08119 | -123.286 | 3.7 | 39.5 | 48.1 |
| kathie-lake | Kathie Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.07275 | -123.17073 | 4.1 | 32.5 | 43.2 |
| camp-lake-js3ck3j | Camp Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.06318 | -123.17402 | 4.4 | 32.1 | 42.9 |
| boquist-lake | Boquist Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.0471 | -123.24822 | 4.4 | 35.7 | 45.9 |
| shell-lake | Shell Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.10307 | -123.16596 | 4.6 | 34.2 | 46.7 |
| taginchil-lake | Taginchil Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.12587 | -123.26462 | 5.1 | 40.9 | 56.8 |
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