Babine Lake Marine Park is a BC Parks site in the Skeena East region, covering 492 hectares along Babine Lake in central British Columbia. BC Parks says Babine Lake is the longest natural lake entirely within British Columbia.
The park has six independent sites several kilometres apart: Smithers Landing, Pendleton Bay, Pinkut Creek, Hook Bay, Pierre Creek, and Sandpoint.
Babine Lake Marine Park is for visitors planning shoreline camping, boating, fishing, hunting in season, and lake-based travel across multiple sites. BC Parks says camping is available at all six sites, and each offers direct lake access, shoreline views, and convenient boat landings.
Facilities vary. BC Parks says no facilities are provided at Hook Bay, Pierre Creek, and Sandpoint, though marine-accessible wilderness camping is available at those sites. Popular sites such as Smithers Landing, Pendleton Bay, and Pinkut Creek have their own detailed pages.
The park also has cultural, conservation, and wildlife value. Babine Lake is in Lake Babine Nation and Yeekoche Nation traditional territory, with existing and traditional villages and many culturally important sites along the lake. BC Parks notes flowers, trees, shrubs, bird life, fall bald eagles during salmon spawning, and moose and bears along the shore.
Plan around multi-site camping, boating, shoreline travel, fishing, hunting in season, lake photography, birding, salmon-spawning season wildlife viewing, and site-specific planning for Smithers Landing, Pendleton Bay, and Pinkut Creek.
Wood ticks are common from March to June. Follow Leave No Trace practices, review water safety, avoid drones without permission, do not harvest mushrooms or crops, and check site-specific BC Parks updates before travelling.
