--- title: "Purden Lake: lake around Prince George | PG Pulse" description: "Purden Lake: lake, 49 min from downtown Prince George. Camping, boating. Camping on the shore, boat launch. 808 ha." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-10-16T16:43:31.772Z --- # Purden Lake Lake, 49 min from downtown Prince George. [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.9211,-121.90278) [Official page](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/freshwater-atlas-lakes) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake/#map) ## What’s there ### Activities - [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping) - [Boating](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=boating) ### Amenities - Camping on the shore - Boat launch From the sites on its shore listed below. ## Map [Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=lakes) Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. ## On the shore - [Purden Lake Provincial Park Campground](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake-provincial-park-campground/) Campground · Toilets, Drinking water, Sani-station - [Purden Lake Resort](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake-resort/) Campground · Fee charged - [Boat launch on Purden Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-purden-lake/) Boat launch ## Nearby - [Purden Lake Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake-park/) Provincial park 0.8 km - [Purden Ski Village](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-ski-village/) Ski hill 2.6 km - [Mount Purden](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-purden/) Summit 3.9 km - [Mount Bowron](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-bowron/) Summit 13 km - **Drive from downtown**: 49 min, 64 km by road - **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 1.3 km from this point - **Straight-line distance**: 56 km from downtown - **Area**: 808 ha - **Good for**: Summer - **Coordinates**: 53.92110, -121.90278 ## Links - [BC freshwater fishing regulations](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations) [Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/) Source: [BC Freshwater Atlas lakes (BC Data Catalogue)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/freshwater-atlas-lakes). Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data. 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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/purden-lake - **slug**: purden-lake - **name**: Purden Lake - **category**: lakes - **categories**: lakes - **kind**: Lake - **lat**: 53.9211 - **lng**: -121.90278 - **kmFromCentre**: 55.5 - **driveKm**: 63.5 - **driveMinutes**: 49 - **offRoadMetres**: 1293 - **elevationM**: _none_ - **areaHa**: 807.5 - **lengthKm**: _none_ - **activities**: camping, boating - **amenities**: Camping on the shore, Boat launch - **seasons**: summer - **lake**: _none_ - **park**: _none_ - **closure**: _none_ - **advisories**: _none_ - **description**: _none_ - **directions**: _none_ - **links**: _none_ - **page**: - **source**: BC Freshwater Atlas lakes (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 | slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | kmFromCentre | driveKm | driveMinutes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | purden-lake-provincial-park-campground | Purden Lake Provincial Park Campground | campgrounds | campgrounds | Campground | 53.9149 | -121.95732 | 51.9 | 62.2 | 54.5 | | purden-lake-resort | Purden Lake Resort | campgrounds | campgrounds | Campground | 53.90788 | -121.91154 | 54.9 | 62.8 | 49.8 | | boat-launch-on-purden-lake | Boat launch on Purden Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 53.91374 | -121.95634 | 52 | 61.4 | 51.6 | _Nested fields (distanceKm, links) are in the JSON version._ #### nearby | slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | purden-lake-park | Purden Lake Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, campgrounds, swimming, boat-launches | Provincial park | 53.92796 | -121.90831 | 0.8 | 55.1 | 63 | | purden-ski-village | Purden Ski Village | ski-hills | ski-hills | Ski hill | 53.90043 | -121.88507 | 2.6 | 56.7 | 67.1 | | mount-purden | Mount Purden | summits | summits | Summit | 53.88927 | -121.87858 | 3.9 | 57.2 | 66.8 | | mount-bowron | Mount Bowron | summits | summits | Summit | 53.97388 | -122.08205 | 13.1 | 44.1 | 68.4 | _Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._ --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/purden-lake/. 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