Arctic Pacific Lakes Park is a remote BC Parks site in the Omineca region, about 90 kilometres northeast of Prince George. BC Parks says the 13,887 hectare park's main feature is three small lakes that straddle the Continental Divide in a narrow, steep-sided glacial overflow channel.
Arctic Lake drains toward the Arctic Ocean, while Portage and Pacific Lakes drain toward the Fraser River and Pacific Ocean.
Arctic Pacific Lakes is a wilderness destination for visitors interested in rare watershed geography, turquoise lakes, fishing, portage trails, paddling, and serious wildlife habitat. BC Parks says the lakes sit in a scenic area with alpine peaks and ridges as a distant backdrop.
The landscape includes limestone bedrock, watercourses that drain underground, wet meadows, mixed forest, avalanche chutes, and small waterfalls. The park protects very high-value fall and spring grizzly habitat and year-round caribou habitat.
Fishing can be a major reason to research the park. BC Parks lists diverse fish populations, including lake trout, bull trout, rainbow trout, kokanee, Dolly Varden, mountain whitefish, redside shiner, lake char, chinook salmon, and Arctic grayling in Arctic Lake.
Plan around remote hiking, portage trails from the parking lot to Arctic Creek and from Arctic Lake to Portage Lake, canoeing, kayaking, cold-water awareness, fishing, hunting in season, wildlife viewing, and watershed interpretation.
Bring drinking water and wilderness skills. Access is remote via logging road, Parsnip River, and Arctic Creek. James Creek is not recommended because of log jams and rapids. Confirm maps, road conditions, regulations, bear safety, and BC Parks updates.
