Plan Ross Lake Park near Hazelton with Rainmaker Trail, swimming, electric-only boating, trout fishing, wildlife viewing, winter use, and toad migration notes.
Ross Lake Park is off Highway 16 near Hazelton in the Skeena East region. BC Parks describes it as popular with anglers, boaters, and swimmers, with a picnic area, beach, hiking trail, and boat launch.
Only electric motors are permitted on Ross Lake.
The park also has a beach and picnic area for short family visits.
Why Visit Ross Lake Park
Ross Lake is a compact family lake park with year-round recreation. The 3.5-kilometre Rainmaker Trail circles the lake and offers views of the water, surrounding mountains, and wildlife. The lake is stocked with rainbow and eastern brook trout, and winter visitors may ice fish when conditions are safe.
BC Parks also lists swimming, easy canoeing and kayaking, Learn to Fish programming through the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC, waterfowl viewing along the marshy lakeshore, and habitat for moose and black bears. In winter, visitors can cross-country ski or snowshoe on existing hiking trails, though no tracks are set, and can ice skate after checking ice thickness.
Things To Do
Walk the Rainmaker Trail, picnic by the lake, swim without lifeguards, paddle with electric-motor-only rules, fish or ice fish with the proper licence, watch waterfowl, and use winter trails only when conditions are safe.
Planning Notes
In spring, toads migrate at Ross Lake for breeding activity and are vulnerable to road mortality; BC Parks asks day-use visitors not to drive over them. Pets must be leashed and kept out of beach areas. E-bikes are not allowed on trails and are restricted to roads and motorized-use areas.