Nilkitkwa Lake Park consists of two parcels about three kilometres apart, each within a bay with protected anchorage and gentle beaches. BC Parks says water flows north through Nilkitkwa Lake from Babine Lake and on to the Babine River.
The park is approximately 100 kilometres north of Smithers and is reached by boat via the launch at Fort Babine Lodge.
Nilkitkwa Lake is part of a broader Babine River to Babine Lake park system that supports fishing, boating, rustic campsites, and developed campsites. The two bays are long-standing park reserves that were protected as part of the Babine Lake and Nilkitkwa Lake recreational boating system.
BC Parks notes that the park lies within the asserted traditional territory of the Neduten, or Lake Babine Nation, people. Residents of nearby Wudat continue to use the area for food fishery and trapping, and smokehouses at each bay are used to prepare fish caught in the area. Fish populations include rainbow trout, sockeye, and steelhead.
Boat into the protected bays, canoe or kayak, fish with the proper licence, hunt during open seasons, use rustic beach settings carefully, and learn about the Babine Lake and Nilkitkwa Lake boating system.
Access involves Babine Lake Road, Nilkitkwa Forest Service Road, the turn-off to Fort Babine, and then boat travel. Confirm launch conditions, carry navigation and emergency supplies, respect smokehouses and food-fishery use, follow fishing and hunting regulations, and avoid disturbing shoreline habitat, quiet anchorage areas, or nearby beaches.
