Dease Lake is a small community on the Cassiar Highway. It has a complete range of visitor services including a store, post office, gas, restaurants, hotels, RV park, BC Forest Service office and highway maintenance camp.

History
Dease Lake is not a newcomer as towns go. A Hudson Bay Company Trading Post was first established here in approximately 1839 but was soon abandoned. The town got its name from the chief factor of the Hudson Bay Company, Peter Dease. Dease Lake again became a center of  activity when the Cassiar gold rush erupted in 1872. In 1875 a trail was cut from Telegraph Creek on the Stikine River and this later became the Telegraph Creek Road. In 1941 Dease Lake was a transportation hub for supplies headed for the troops that were building the Alaska Highway. Dease Lake is also one of the world's largest Jade producers in teh world.

Information/Emergency
Dease Lake Tourist Info Center 771-3900.

Dease Lake.net -This site has been created as a resource and information stop for anyone needing to know anything about Dease Lake.

Emergency: RCMP 771-4111; Fire 771-2222; Ambulance 771-3333. Stikine Health Center 771-4444.

Accommodations
Northway Motor Inn Box 158, Dease Lake, BC V0C 1C0; 250-771-5341. 46 deluxe rooms, kitchenettes available. Country Kitchen Restaurant.

Camping
Dease River Crossing. RV campground, with cabins and tent sites. No electric sites. Great fishing right on the Dease River, located at Joe Irwin Lake. We offer canoes and kayaks for rent and also a shuttle for trips. There is good hiking in the local mountains. We have a shower facility (4.00 per shower) and a laundry facility. RV sites are 14.00 Cabins vary in price. Sani-dump and firewood. 250-239-3646

Things To do
Dease Lake is becoming a center for wilderness adventure travel and several hunting guides are headquartered here.