Fossli Park is a day-use park on the south side of Stirling Arm on Sproat Lake, west of Port Alberni. BC Parks describes an undeveloped park with limited facilities, a beautiful walking trail, lake views, and an old homestead site.
Access is by boat or by an approximately 30 minute walk from the Stirling Arm Mainline, a private logging road.
Fossli is a quiet Sproat Lake day-use outing for visitors prepared for logging-road access and user-maintained conditions. A 30 minute trail leads through second-growth forest from the parking area to the old homestead site on Sproat Lake. At the lake, visitors can relax on a level grassy area or pebble beach.
Swimming is possible in Sproat Lake, but there is no designated swimming area at Fossli. Canoeing and kayaking can be done on Sproat Lake via Sproat Lake Park, but there is no launch inside Fossli Park. Lake fishing is available under provincial and federal regulations, and cycling is permitted on roadways only.
BC Parks says the park operates on a user-maintained basis, so services and facilities may differ from other BC Parks.
Plan around the 30 minute forest trail, old homestead site, Sproat Lake views, pebble beach time, lake swimming, fishing with the required licence, paddling via nearby Sproat Lake Park, roadway cycling, and leashed-pet walks.
Bring drinking water, expect no campfires, no boat launch, no sani-station, and no dump facilities. Yield to loaded logging trucks on active logging roads and use pullouts whenever possible.
