Plan Seven Sisters Park near Kitwanga with wilderness hiking, Watson Lakes, mountain biking limits, horseback riding, hunting, winter travel, and wildlife viewing.
Seven Sisters Park is just south of Kitwanga between Terrace and Hazelton, named for the peaks visible from Highway 16. BC Parks describes it as a wilderness area where visitors must be ready for natural hazards and weather in every season.
Most visitors access the park by trails that begin near Highway 16.
Why Visit Seven Sisters Park
Seven Sisters offers a dramatic Skeena West mountain setting for hikers, backpackers, winter travellers, and wildlife watchers. BC Parks lists hiking from short lower-elevation trails to multi-day backpacking trips, plus swimming at cold Watson Lakes during the warmest months.
The park and protected area support canoeing and kayaking opportunities, though visitors must be prepared to portage. Watson Lake and the three small lakes along the Watson Lakes Trail are used for fishing, with rainbow trout stocking noted in the past.
Wildlife values are prominent: the official page mentions mountain goat herds on peaks and ridges, bear species, raptors, wolverines, marten, fisher, moose, mule deer, coyotes, wolves, waterfowl habitat, tailed frogs, newts, salmon, and trout.
Things To Do
Hike, backpack, swim at Watson Lakes, portage a canoe or kayak, fish with the correct licence, watch wildlife, mountain bike or e-bike only where permitted, ride horses on Oliver Creek Trail as far as the Hell’s Bells junction, hunt during open seasons, snowshoe, cross-country ski, or snowmobile only in the permitted alpine bowl.
Planning Notes
ATVs, off-road motorcycles, and side-by-sides are prohibited on designated hiking trails. Bicycles and horses are not allowed beyond the Hell’s Bells junction because the trail is too soft and muddy. Pack out all litter, carry avalanche gear and training for snowmobiling, and expect wilderness conditions.