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title: "Portage Canyon Trail: trail around Prince George | PG Pulse"
description: "Portage Canyon Trail: trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC), 1 h 16 min from downtown Prince George. 0.6 km long."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/portage-canyon-trail/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/portage-canyon-trail.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:57:43.196Z
---
# Portage Canyon Trail
Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC), 1 h 16 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.92354,-122.14784) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1382) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/portage-canyon-trail/#map)
## Map
[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=rec-trails)
Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
## Nearby
- [Mount Bowron](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-bowron/) Summit 7.1 km
- [Willow River (Tabor Mt Staging Area 5)](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/willow-river-tabor-mt-staging-area-5/) Recreation site 11 km
- [Purden Lake Provincial Park Campground](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake-provincial-park-campground/) Campground 13 km
- [Boat launch on Purden Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-purden-lake/) Boat launch 13 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 1 h 16 min, 70 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 2.2 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 39 km from downtown
- **Length**: 0.6 km
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 53.92354, -122.14784
## Links
- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1382)
- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/)
[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)
Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1382). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.
Source read 2 days ago
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## More in Explore
[See all in Explore](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/browse/#explore)
- [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/portage-canyon-trail
- **slug**: portage-canyon-trail
- **name**: Portage Canyon Trail
- **category**: rec-trails
- **categories**: rec-trails
- **kind**: Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- **lat**: 53.92354
- **lng**: -122.14784
- **kmFromCentre**: 39.4
- **driveKm**: 70.4
- **driveMinutes**: 75.9
- **offRoadMetres**: 2202
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: 0.6
- **activities**: _none_
- **amenities**: _none_
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: _none_
- **directions**: _none_
- **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/REC1382 |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mount-bowron | Mount Bowron | summits | summits | Summit | 53.97388 | -122.08205 | 7.1 | 44.1 | 68.4 |
| willow-river-tabor-mt-staging-area-5 | Willow River (Tabor Mt Staging Area 5) | rec-sites | rec-sites, swimming | Recreation site | 53.87345 | -122.29144 | 10.9 | 30.4 | 35.4 |
| purden-lake-provincial-park-campground | Purden Lake Provincial Park Campground | campgrounds | campgrounds | Campground | 53.9149 | -121.95732 | 12.5 | 51.9 | 62.2 |
| boat-launch-on-purden-lake | Boat launch on Purden Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 53.91374 | -121.95634 | 12.6 | 52 | 61.4 |
_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._
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