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title: "FREYA LAKE TRAIL (Bratko Lake) near Prince George | PG Pulse"
description: "FREYA LAKE TRAIL (Bratko Lake): recreation site on Bratko Lake, 2 h 10 min from downtown Prince George. Canoeing and kayaking, hunting. Picnic tables."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/freya-lake-trail-bratko-lake/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/freya-lake-trail-bratko-lake.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:35:20.228Z
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# FREYA LAKE TRAIL (Bratko Lake)
Recreation site on Bratko Lake, 2 h 10 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.27594,-122.288) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1482) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/freya-lake-trail-bratko-lake/#map)
## About
> This small user maintained site offers space for one camping party adjacent to the North Averil FSR. The site offers limited amenities of 1 table and a fire ring at the edge of a small parking area. No outhouse is available on site.
From Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).
## What’s there
### Activities
- [Canoeing and kayaking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=paddling)
- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
### Amenities
- Picnic tables
As published by Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).
## Getting there
Travel ~39kms north of Prince George and turn right on to the North Fraser FSR (directly off of hwy97), continue another 29kms and turn left onto the North Fraser-Averil FSR. The site is at 11km (2kms past Boundary 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
[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
- [Bratko Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bratko-lake/) Lake 0.6 km
- [Boundary Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boundary-lake/) Recreation site 1.7 km
- [Averil Creek](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/averil-creek/) Recreation site 5.2 km
- [Averil Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/averil-lake/) Lake 5.5 km
- [Coyote Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/coyote-lake/) Lake 10 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 10 min, 81 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 50 km from downtown
- **Maintenance**: User Maintained
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 54.27594, -122.28800
## Links
- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1482)
- [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/REC1482). 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/freya-lake-trail-bratko-lake
- **slug**: freya-lake-trail-bratko-lake
- **name**: FREYA LAKE TRAIL (Bratko Lake)
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 54.27594
- **lng**: -122.288
- **kmFromCentre**: 50
- **driveKm**: 80.6
- **driveMinutes**: 129.7
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: paddling, hunting
- **amenities**: Picnic tables
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: Bratko Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This small user maintained site offers space for one camping party adjacent to the North Averil FSR. The site offers limited amenities of 1 table and a fire ring at the edge of a small parking area. No outhouse is available on site.
- **directions**: Travel ~39kms north of Prince George and turn right on to the North Fraser FSR (directly off of hwy97), continue another 29kms and turn left onto the North Fraser-Averil FSR. The site is at 11km (2kms past Boundary Lake recreation site).
- **page**:
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **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 |
| --- | --- |
| Recreation Sites and Trails BC page | https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1482 |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| bratko-lake | Bratko Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.27205 | -122.28108 | 0.6 | 49.9 | 80.6 |
| boundary-lake | Boundary Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 54.26057 | -122.28424 | 1.7 | 48.8 | 78.3 |
| averil-creek | Averil Creek | rec-sites | rec-sites, boat-launches | Recreation site | 54.24458 | -122.34673 | 5.2 | 44.9 | 60.6 |
| averil-lake | Averil Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.3028 | -122.35957 | 5.5 | 49.9 | 86.3 |
| coyote-lake | Coyote Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.33973 | -122.40208 | 10.3 | 52.2 | 75 |
_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._
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