---
title: "Fish Lake South: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Fish Lake South: recreation site on Fish Lake, 3 h 26 min from downtown Prince George. Hunting, fishing, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/fish-lake-south/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/fish-lake-south.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:34:17.117Z
---

# Fish Lake South

Recreation site on Fish Lake, 3 h 26 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.59817,-124.90053) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1096) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/fish-lake-south/#map)

## About

> A 2 unit site on a small lake 3 kms from the Kenney Dam.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
- [Fishing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=fishing)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- 1 campsite
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings
- Cartop boat launch

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

## Getting there

From Vanderhoof drive 77 kms south on the Kenney Dam Road, turn left (east) and drive 1.7 km to 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

[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=rec-sites)

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

## Nearby

- [Fish Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/fish-lake/) Lake 0.6 km
- [Knewstubb Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/knewstubb-lake/) Recreation site 3.7 km
- [Nechako Canyon Protected Area](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/nechako-canyon-protected-area/) Protected Area 5.2 km
- [Cheslatta Falls](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cheslatta-falls/) Waterfall 6.0 km
- [Cheslatta River](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cheslatta-river/) Recreation site 6.1 km
- [Cutoff Butte](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cutoff-butte/) Summit 7.2 km
- [Chief Gray Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/chief-gray-lake-i6pyr2a/) Lake 8.5 km
- [Chief Gray Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/chief-gray-lake/) Recreation site 8.9 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 3 h 26 min, 224 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 146 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 1
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.59817, -124.90053

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1096)
- [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/REC1096). 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/fish-lake-south

- **slug**: fish-lake-south
- **name**: Fish Lake South
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.59817
- **lng**: -124.90053
- **kmFromCentre**: 145.8
- **driveKm**: 223.7
- **driveMinutes**: 205.8
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hunting, fishing, camping
- **amenities**: 1 campsite, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Cartop boat launch
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: Fish Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: A 2 unit site on a small lake 3 kms from the Kenney Dam.
- **directions**: From Vanderhoof drive 77 kms south on the Kenney Dam Road, turn left (east) and drive 1.7 km to site.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/fish-lake-south/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1096>
- **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/REC1096 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| fish-lake | Fish Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.59918 | -124.89092 | 0.6 | 145.1 | 224.5 |
| knewstubb-lake | Knewstubb Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 53.57442 | -124.93907 | 3.7 | 148.9 | 221 |
| nechako-canyon-protected-area | Nechako Canyon Protected Area | provincial-parks | provincial-parks | Protected Area | 53.64255 | -124.92713 | 5.2 | 146.3 | 210.8 |
| cheslatta-falls | Cheslatta Falls | waterfalls | waterfalls | Waterfall | 53.64625 | -124.94029 | 6 | 147 | 210.8 |
| cheslatta-river | Cheslatta River | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.64158 | -124.95656 | 6.1 | 148.2 | 211.3 |
| cutoff-butte | Cutoff Butte | summits | summits | Summit | 53.58371 | -124.79491 | 7.2 | 139.5 | 195.3 |
| chief-gray-lake-i6pyr2a | Chief Gray Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.59215 | -124.77156 | 8.5 | 137.7 | 194 |
| chief-gray-lake | Chief Gray Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.58974 | -124.76695 | 8.9 | 137.5 | 193.8 |

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

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