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title: "Meadow Lake recreation site, 3 h 13 min from Prince George"
description: "Meadow Lake: recreation site, 3 h 13 min from downtown Prince George. Canoeing and kayaking, camping, fishing."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/meadow-lake/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/meadow-lake.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:44:20.693Z
---

# Meadow Lake

Recreation site, 3 h 13 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.42926,-123.5642) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1371) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/meadow-lake/#map)

## About

> This small site offers space for 2 camping parties and is a popular spot for hunting camps in the fall. Access to the lake is available via a small car-top boat put in, but due to the swampy shoreline, trailered boats are unable to be launched here. The lake offers angling opportunities for wild rainbow trout.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

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

### Amenities

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

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

## Getting there

Travel west of Prince George - turn left on to the Blackwater Rd - proceed 21kms and then turn right on to the Pelican FSR. Turn left at 56km on to the '56' Road. The site is located at 5km on the right side of the road.

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

- [Meadow Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/meadow-lake-1m8eexy/) Lake 0.5 km
- [Holman Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/holman-lake/) Lake 2.2 km
- [Lintz Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lintz-lake/) Recreation site 3.9 km
- [Tagai Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tagai-lake/) Recreation site 6.7 km
- [Gesul Buhn](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/gesul-buhn/) Lake 6.7 km
- [Tucker Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tucker-lake/) Lake 7.3 km
- [Tagai Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tagai-lake-sdipiak/) Lake 8.4 km
- [Sheein Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/sheein-lake/) Lake 11 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 3 h 13 min, 129 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 3.6 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 76 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 3
- **Maintenance**: User Maintained
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 53.42926, -123.56420

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1371)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/168084006)
- [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/REC1371). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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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/)
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- [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/meadow-lake

- **slug**: meadow-lake
- **name**: Meadow Lake
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.42926
- **lng**: -123.5642
- **kmFromCentre**: 76.3
- **driveKm**: 129.4
- **driveMinutes**: 193.1
- **offRoadMetres**: 3640
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: paddling, camping, fishing
- **amenities**: 3 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Cartop boat launch, Free
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: Meadow Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This small site offers space for 2 camping parties and is a popular spot for hunting camps in the fall. Access to the lake is available via a small car-top boat put in, but due to the swampy shoreline, trailered boats are unable to be launched here. The lake offers angling opportunities for wild rainbow trout.
- **directions**: Travel west of Prince George - turn left on to the Blackwater Rd - proceed 21kms and then turn right on to the Pelican FSR. Turn left at 56km on to the '56' Road. The site is located at 5km on the right side of the road.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/meadow-lake/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1371>
- **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/REC1371 |
| OpenStreetMap | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/168084006 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| meadow-lake-1m8eexy | Meadow Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.42763 | -123.57178 | 0.5 | 76.8 | 132.8 |
| holman-lake | Holman Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.41043 | -123.57374 | 2.2 | 78.2 | 132.9 |
| lintz-lake | Lintz Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 53.4566 | -123.60097 | 3.9 | 75.9 | 131 |
| tagai-lake | Tagai Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 53.44745 | -123.66141 | 6.7 | 79.6 | 137.7 |
| gesul-buhn | Gesul Buhn | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.48554 | -123.60134 | 6.7 | 73.8 | 126.5 |
| tucker-lake | Tucker Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.49339 | -123.58796 | 7.3 | 72.6 | 125.8 |
| tagai-lake-sdipiak | Tagai Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.45522 | -123.68328 | 8.4 | 80.1 | 137.8 |
| sheein-lake | Sheein Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.34668 | -123.65223 | 10.9 | 87 | 132 |

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

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