Lakelse Lake Park is about 20 kilometres south of Terrace and 40 kilometres north of Kitimat on Highway 37. BC Parks says the park has three separately accessible areas: Furlong Bay Campground, Lakelse Picnic Site, and Gruchy's Beach.
All three areas have sandy beach access to Lakelse Lake, with the Kitimat Range in the background.
Lakelse Lake Park is a major northwest lake park for camping, beaches, paddling, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, and sightseeing. Furlong Bay Campground is the main area, with lakefront day-use facilities, a covered picnic shelter, amphitheatre, visitor centre, ice cream stand, and seasonal kayak and stand-up paddleboard rentals.
Lakelse Picnic Site is north of Furlong Bay and open year round, with a family beach, covered area, and reservable group site. Gruchy's Beach, closest to Terrace, has an easy hiking trail connecting to a sandy beach, but no camping or campfires.
The park protects impressive old-growth cedar, hemlock, and Sitka spruce forests in moist Pacific air. The two-kilometre Twin Spruce Trail and one-kilometre Gruchy's Beach Trail are easy routes for old-growth and salmon-stream observation. Fishing may include Dolly Varden trout in the lake and salmon and steelhead runs in area rivers.
Plan around Furlong Bay camping, group camping, sandy-beach swimming, canoeing, windsurfing, sailing, fishing, Twin Spruce Trail, Gruchy's Beach Trail, salmon viewing near Williams Creek bridge, and lake photography.
Firearms are not permitted and the park is closed to hunting. Boat and waterski carefully, especially near docking and launching facilities, and keep vehicles on roads and parking areas.
