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 TRIP
DETAILS
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Trip Highlights
| Day 1: |
| You will be picked up at your Wells accommodation by your guide and then drive to the start of the Bowron Lake Circuit, register, and begin with the first portage. It is a 2.4-km portage over varied terrain that takes you to Kibbee Lake. From there it will be a short paddle to your first camp. The afternoon is for canoe instruction, exploration and relaxation. |
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| Day 2: |
| You canoe Indianpoint Lake, the site of the ruins of Thomas and Eleanor McCabe’s log home. From this lake, there is a portage to Isaac Lake. Your second night campsite is at Nigoo Creek in Wolverine Bay, a good place to fish … |
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| Day 3: |
| The whole day is spent paddling on to Isaac Lake, the largest lake on the circuit (38 km) named after George Isaac, a logger and sawyer. Your third night is at a nice, sandy beach directly opposite Betty Wendle Creek, named for the wife of Joe Wendle. Together, they spent 20 years as guides in the area and were instrumental in having the interior of the lake chain set aside as a game reserve in 1925. |
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| Day 4: |
| You paddle the rest of Isaac Lake and spend your fourth night at The Chute, where Isaac Lake empties into the Isaac River. |
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| Day 5: |
| Today we enjoy a relaxed day hike up the surrounding peaks and alpine meadows. This easier day is very welcome between two strenuous days. The evening is spent relaxing and getting ready for tomorrow. |
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| Day 6: |
| Today you pass along Sandy Lake, fringed with aspen trees and beautiful beaches all along one shore. Your sixth night camp site is at Rum Lake which has the warmest water – and best for swimming – on the circuit. It is connected to Unna Lake by a channel. From Unna Lake there is a lovely, 1.2 km. hiking trail leading to the impressive 24-metre-high Cariboo Falls. |
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| Day 7: |
| Next, via a portage, is Babcock Lake, named for J.P.Babcock, a B.C. Fish Commissioner, who was instrumental in having the interior of the lake chain set aside as a game reserve in 1925. Then a short portage to Skoi Lake, the smallest on the circuit, and another equally short portage to Spectacle Lake. You have left the mountains now and are into more open, marsh type country where, if you’re watchful, you may even see a moose. Tonight’s camp site offers a great view of the mountains in the middle of the lake chain. |
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| Day 8: |
| You enter the Bowron Marsh, teeming with bird- and wildlife and where you are likely to see moose, beaver, muskrat and marten. Wolves can be heard and salmon spawn in the river. Finally you are on Bowron Lake, formerly known as Bear Lake. It was named for John Bowron, one of Barkerville’s residents in the 1860’s. He held positions such as postmaster, fire warden, government agent and gold commissioner. Your trip ends on the morning of the eighth day, enjoying a breakfast. |
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