Bonaparte Park is a roadless BC Parks wilderness area on the Bonaparte Plateau, about 55 kilometres northwest of Kamloops. BC Parks describes a large mid-elevation plateau lake setting with high wilderness recreation values and wild fish stocks.
Access is by logging roads up Jamieson Creek, floatplane, horse, and limited mechanized winter access in specified areas.
Bonaparte is for self-sufficient travellers who want quiet lakes, primitive routes, rustic camping, and a backcountry feel close to the Thompson region. BC Parks notes that only very rustic camping sites exist, so visitors need to be prepared for wilderness camping.
The park contains many trails, four fly-in fishing resorts, and unique geological features including the volcanic plug of Skoatl Point and Stockton Hill south of Bare Lake. Primitive, non-maintained trails connect various lakes, and wildlife viewing is an increasingly important part of the park experience.
Fishing is a major draw. BC Parks says wild and stocked rainbow trout are found in most lakes. Conservation values include more than 5,000 hectares of undeveloped watershed in the upper Deadman River region, montane and Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir forest, lakes, sedge meadows, riparian habitat, and important habitat for fisher and Sandhill Crane.
Plan around wilderness hiking, canoeing, lake fishing, wildlife viewing, rustic camping, horseback riding with required permission, hunting in season, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling only in the southern designated use area.
There are no roads inside the park and regular patrols should not be expected. Prepare for remote navigation, rough access roads, wilderness camping, fishing rules, horse-use permission, and motorized-use limits.
