Plan Bearhole Lake Park east of Tumbler Ridge with rugged camping, paddling, fishing, skiing, snowshoeing, horseback riding, rough roads, and nesting caution.
Bearhole Lake Park is a BC Parks site in the Peace region, 25 kilometres east of Tumbler Ridge on the Alberta Plateau. BC Parks says access is by Kiskatinaw Forest Service Road from the Heritage Highway.
The park offers fishing, cross-country skiing, canoeing, camping, hiking, and wildlife viewing around a clear-water lake.
Road and campsite expectations should stay rustic.
Check access.
Why Visit Bearhole Lake Park
Bearhole Lake is a rugged, user-maintained lake park for visitors who want camping, paddling, fishing, winter travel, wildlife viewing, and a rougher access road. BC Parks says the area supports trumpeter swans, moose, beaver, warblers, and other wildlife.
There are no developed trails, but visitors can explore the area with wilderness preparation. Activities listed by BC Parks include swimming, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, wildlife viewing, cycling, horseback riding, hunting in season, snowshoeing, and backcountry skiing.
The conservation values are strong. Trumpeter swans use the lake and surrounding marsh to nest and fledge young. The park includes undisturbed boreal white and black spruce forests, wetlands typical of the Kiskatinaw Plateau, Kiskatinaw River headwaters, and winter range for caribou, moose, and white-tailed deer.
Things To Do
Plan around rugged camping, lake paddling, swimming, fishing, wildlife viewing, exploratory hiking, cycling, horseback riding, hunting in season, snowshoeing, backcountry skiing, and quiet lake photography.
Planning Notes
Do not approach nesting swans. Bring firewood because collecting it in the park is not allowed. Roads are rough industrial routes, high clearance is recommended, ORVs are prohibited, and BC Parks updates should be checked.