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| Description: The largest Provincial park in
BC. Boating, angling, camping, hiking or hunting are
available in one of North America's most magnificent
wilderness areas. There are no supplies or services
within the park area. Be prepared to be self-sufficient. |
| Located near: Burns Lake |
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Location: 
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| Park size: 467,588 hectares |
| Type: Widerness area |
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| Road Conditions: No road access.
Boat or aircraft access only. |
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Features: At Chikamin
Bay, boaters are required to handwinch their boats over a 350-metre
rail portage that connects Chikamin Bay with Eutsuk Lake. Boats to
about 8 metres in length can be portaged. The process takes about
two hours. Instructions are posted at Chikamin Bay. Boaters may wish
to carry a chainsaw winch to make portaging their boat easier and
faster. Boaters must be careful on Ootsa Lake, the shoreline is a
forest of drowned trees and floating debris which creates hazardous
boating conditions. A number of channels have been cut through the
dead trees to give access to emergency landing areas. These are indicated
by large yellow diamonds and they provide shelter from the sudden
and strong winds that funnel down the lakes from the Coast Mountains.
Woodland caribou frequent the slopes of the Quanchus and Chikamin
Mountain Ranges. In other areas, mountain goats, mule deer, moose,
black bear, grizzly bear and wolves are common. |
| Directions: Turn south off Highway 16 onto Highway
35 in Burns Lake. Turn right at the "T" at Francois Lake
and left about 2 km, and take the Francois Lake. On the Southside,
the highway continues to Ootsa Lake where there are boat launches
to reach the park. |
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SandCabin Point  |
A cold shower at Surrel Falls
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| Local BCNorth Group members who supply outdoor
equipment include: |
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