Claud Elliott Lake Park is a BC Parks site on northeastern Vancouver Island, eight kilometres north of the Woss Camp turnoff, south of Woss, and 50 kilometres southeast of Port McNeill. BC Parks says the park is one of three protected areas in the upper Tsitika watershed.
The park contains Claud Elliott Lake and Fickle Lake, both known for sport fishing and nature appreciation.
Claud Elliott Lake is a remote, undeveloped park for visitors seeking quiet lake access, paddling, fishing, and wildlife viewing. BC Parks identifies the Tsitika watershed as part of a river system ranked among the 10 most important fish streams on Vancouver Island.
The park protects old-growth valley-bottom forest, wetlands, lake habitat, and anadromous fish habitat. Conservation values include coho salmon, steelhead, cutthroat, Dolly Varden, kokanee, rainbow trout, black-tailed deer, Roosevelt elk, wolves, cougars, black bears, waterfowl, and other birdlife.
Access is simple but rustic. A short maintained trail leads from the park boundary area to Claud Elliott Lake in about 10 minutes, and it is suitable for carrying canoes, kayaks, or float tubes. Claud Elliott Lake is about one kilometre long and suited to canoeing and kayaking. Fickle Lake is farther downstream and harder to reach, requiring more adventurous travel.
Plan around the short lake-access trail, canoeing, kayaking, float-tube access, swimming without a designated swim area, fishing for listed lake species, wildlife viewing, birding, leashed-pet walks, and seasonal hunting where permitted.
Access uses active logging roads where loaded logging trucks have the right of way. Bring drinking water because potable water is not available, treat surface water, check current fishing rules, leash pets, and expect a remote park without developed frontcountry services.
