---
title: "Tzenzaicut Lake North: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Tzenzaicut Lake North: recreation site on Tzenzaicut Lake, 3 h 38 min from downtown Prince George. Boating, canoeing and kayaking, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tzenzaicut-lake-north/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tzenzaicut-lake-north.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:35:22.812Z
---

# Tzenzaicut Lake North

Recreation site on Tzenzaicut Lake, 3 h 38 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.66423,-122.88353) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC2581) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tzenzaicut-lake-north/#map)

## About

> This is a large very popular rec site with the majority of campsites along the lakeshore. The boat launch is large and plenty of parking is available. ATV users are requested to stay to main roads for access out of the rec site and refrain from creating new trails.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

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

### Amenities

- 21 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings

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

## Getting there

From Quesnel take the Garner Lake Road, then onto the Tzenzaicut Lake FSR till km 58, turn left down the access road for 1.5km

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

- [Tzenzaicut Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tzenzaicut-lake/) Lake 3.4 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 3 h 38 min, 190 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 0.7 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 140 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 21
- **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive, Motorhome
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 52.66423, -122.88353

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC2581)
- [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/REC2581). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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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/tzenzaicut-lake-north

- **slug**: tzenzaicut-lake-north
- **name**: Tzenzaicut Lake North
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 52.66423
- **lng**: -122.88353
- **kmFromCentre**: 139.6
- **driveKm**: 190.1
- **driveMinutes**: 218.1
- **offRoadMetres**: 686
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: boating, paddling, camping
- **amenities**: 21 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: Tzenzaicut Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This is a large very popular rec site with the majority of campsites along the lakeshore. The boat launch is large and plenty of parking is available. ATV users are requested to stay to main roads for access out of the rec site and refrain from creating new trails.
- **directions**: From Quesnel take the Garner Lake Road, then onto the Tzenzaicut Lake FSR till km 58, turn left down the access road for 1.5km
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tzenzaicut-lake-north/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC2581>
- **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/REC2581 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| tzenzaicut-lake | Tzenzaicut Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 52.65378 | -122.83604 | 3.4 | 140.6 | 182.7 |

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