Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park, Quesnel, British Columbia

Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park, Quesnel, BC

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During the early 1900's Ten Mile was a mile post for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Relocation was necessary because of the potential difficulties in crossing the Cottonwood River but today there is still evidence of this abandoned railway in the Park.

Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park is situated in the Fraser Basin, encompassing 241 hectares on the east shore of Ten Mile Lake. With it's rolling hills, shallow lakes and vast climatic transition zone, dry to the west and wet to the east, this park makes for an interesting array of landscapes. Trees and shrubs are plentiful including white spruce, lodgepole pine, trembling aspen, red-osier dogwood, falsebox and soopollalie.

Tenmile Lake Campsite LOCATION

This Park is located 11 kilometres north of Quesnel on the Cariboo's Gold Rush Trail, Highway 97.

THE BEAVER POND TRAIL

The Beaver Pond Trail is a 1.5 kilometre trail leading through the park's different landscapes. After the Ice Age the massive glaciers shaved the basalt rock into finer materials. Here on the trail you will encounter cutbanks showing thick layers of fine clay and silt, lava and layers of organic soil composed of rotting leaves, bark, plants and animals. You will also see where nature's own architects have built a fifteen metre long and five metre high dam. You may even be lucky enough to find them doing repairs! Also keep your eyes open for the many species of birds and water fowl living here.

Tenmile Lake Boat Launch

PARK FACILITIES & ACTIVITIES

Camping - The Park's two campgrounds total 142 sites and 22 pull-throughs at the Overflow. Each site is near toilets, water and wood. This campground also provides a telephone and showers. A sani-station is located on the campground access road.

Day use facilities - Located at the Day Use Area are picnic tables, a covered shelter, 3 long sandy beaches and changehouses. Also found is an adventure playground and horseshoe pits. Ten kilometres of hiking trails are found within the park, some of them doubling as cross-country ski trails during the winter.

Boating and Fishing - A boat launching ramp is accessed beside the Lakeside Campground entrance. Water skiing and canoeing are popular water activities at Ten Mile. The rainbow trout is abundant in the lake. Try your luck in the spring or in the evening throughout the summer.