Prince George at the Junction Highway 16 and Highway 97. Prince George offers all the amenities the largest BC city on the Yellowhead has to offer. While visiting Prince George, you will find top notch theatre, accommodations, restaurants, and unique gift stores.
Prince George Visitor Center
Located downtown in the Via Rail Building at 1300 First Ave. www.tourismpg.com 712.2Access road to West Lake – 14 km, boat launch.
700.7 Chilako River. 675.7Tamarac Lake.
671.7Bednesti Lake Resort camping, motel, store.
667.8Cluculz Lake.
658.6Cluculz rest area; tables and toilets.
658Brookside Resort.
627Parking.
625Vanderhoof. Population 3,865. Elevation 636 m/2,086 ft.
625Vanderhoof Municipal Campground.
617Junction to Fort St. James. Fort St. James is designated as a National Historic Site because of its importance in BC’s history. Established 1806 by Simon Fraser as a fur trading post for the Northwest Co.
Visitor’s Center with Museum, Theatre and Gift Shop. See the largest collection of original wooden buildings representing the fur trade in Canada. Experience living history with guides dressed in period costume and watch as native artisans build canoes and tan hides. For more information, call 250 996-7191. 587.5Point of Interest sign about the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, parking.
587Fort Fraser, with a population of about 1000 people, is located on the Nechako River at the eastern end of Fraser Lake about 1 1/2 hours west of Prince George, BC. Historic points of interest are the Nadleh Whut’em Indian Village, Beaumont Park and the site where the “last spike” was driven on the Grand Trunk Railway on April 7, 1914. Tourist Info Center is at the east end of town.
The Nadleh Whut’em First Nations Carrier people still occupy their original living site. They are a patriarchal society which means the children receive their last names from their fathers Their four clans are the bear, frog, beaver, and the caribou. One of the buildings of the original Fort Fraser sits at Beaumont Provincial Park. This fort was built during the fur trade in 1806 by the Northwest Company and named after Simon Fraser. On April 7, 1914, the “Last Spike” of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was driven near Fort Fraser. This was Canada’s second Trans Continental Railway and linked the Prairies with the West Coast and Prince Rupert. Completion of the railway opened the area up to further settlement. 585.6Nechako River.
583.5Beaumont Provincial Park on Fraser Lake. Campground has 49 campsites, picnic tables, water, rest rooms, playground, dump station. Good swimming beach, boat launching. Fishing for Rainbow and char. Fee area.
580.2Piper’s Glenn Resort.
577.7Dry William Lake Rest Area; picnic tables, toilets. Limited turnaround.
576.2Orange Valley Campground, full hook-ups, pull-through sites.
567Fraser Lake. Population 1,350. Elevation 786 m/2,579 ft. There is a Travel Information Center and trailer dump station. Originally built for Endako Mines Ltd. in 1964 to aid the development of what was then Canada’s largest molybdenum mine. In 1982, when metal prices fell, the mine was closed. The main industries now are lumbering and tourism.
566Boat launch.
563Stellako River.
554Junction, south to FrancoisLake 11 km/7 miles to east end of Francois Lake and Stellako River-excellent fly fishing stream.
553Endako, a small highway community was a main railway turnover point.
549Endako River Bridge.
542.2Rest area with Welcome to the Lakes District sign; tables.
524Parking.
508.6Rest area; tables. Rock Cairn which includes a rock from King Arthur’s castle in Tintagel, England.
495Burns Lake. Population 2,000 Elevation 707 m/2,320 ft. There is a Travel Info Center and Museum on the highway.
Junction of Highway 35 leads south 16 km/10 miles to Tchesinkut Lake, 24km/15 miles to Francois Lake and ferry crossing to Southside area. 494.5Welcome to Burns Lake information sign, parking.
487.8Decker Lake, small highway community. Trout fishing in Decker Lake.
478.5Rest area; toilets.
470Rose Lake, picnic area.
456.4Six Mile Summit, highest point on the highway 850m/2788 ft. View of the Upper Bulkley Valley to the west and China Nose Mountain to the south.
456Parking.
453.7Parking
445.7Topley is located 50 km west of Burns Lake and is at the junction with Highway #118. It is 49 km north to Granisle and scenic Babine Lake, the longest (110 miles) natural lake in BC.
Babine Lake Provincial Park as 16 camp sites, water, toilets and boat launch. Fee area. Babine Lake is 45 km north of Burns Lake. Red Bluff Provincial Park has 27 camp sites, day-use area, water, toilets, boat launch, beach and biking trails. The BC Fisheries Fulton River Sockeye Project here is one of the largest in the world. Visitors are welcome. Excellent rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, and ling cod fishing. Fee area. Topley Landing also has resort with campground and marina. 445Rest area; large information map of Granisle and Babine Lake; including the site and information of where Wooly Mammoth remains were found. Tables and toilets.
432.4Parking
419Houston Golf Course.
418Shady Rest RV Park.
417Bulkley River Bridge.
416.3Houston. The population of Houston is approximately 3,200. Elevation 594m/1,949 ft. Travel Info Center at km 416.3