Entiako Provincial Park

• September 25, 2014: Hazardous trees due to the 2014 Cheslaslie River Wildfire

  The Cheslaslie River Wildfire burned through Entiako Park in the summer of 2014. Visitors are advised that a significant portion of the park was burnt and hazardous trees will be present in the backcountry for the next several years.

Entiako Park and Protected Area is comprised mostly of gently rolling topography, with little physical relief other than the Fawnie Mountains in the northeast. Forests are predominantly older pine, and the dry, cold growing conditions are inhospitable to most plants. Lichens, however, are abundant in the park, growing where other plants cannot survive. The lichens provide the primary winter forage for woodland caribou, who spend their winters in Entiako Park and summers in Tweedsmuir Park.

An isolated wilderness area, Entiako Park is home to a wide range of wildlife including moose, grizzly bears and wolves. Visitors to the area are few, but those who come enjoy the opportunity to boat, fish, hunt or hike in a truly remote wilderness.

Established Date: June 29, 1999
Park Size: 126,023 hectares

Stay Safe

• Bring your own drinking water, as potable water is not available in the park.

Special Notes

• Commercial harvesting/picking of mushrooms is not permitted

  The commercial harvesting/picking of mushrooms (morel) for sale or resale is not permitted in a provincial park as outlined by the Park Act – section 9.1. View the Statutes and Regulations for British Columbia for more information.

Please note: Any maps listed are for information only – they may not represent legal boundaries and should not be used for navigation.

• Location Map

Entiako Park is located approximately 150 km southeast of Houston and 150 km southwest of Vanderhoof, directly east of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. Access to Entiako Park by boat is possible through the Nechako Reservoir to the north, where several boat launches are available outside of the park. Boaters accessing Tetachuk Lake from Tweedsmuir Park to the east will need a jet-boat to pass through Redfern Rapids. A number of logging and mining roads from Vanderhoof provide access to the southern park boundary. Most of the larger lakes in Entiako Park can be accessed by floatplane.

Closest community is Burns Lake.

• History
• Cultural Heritage
• Conservation
• Wildlife

• Management Planning Information
• The approved Entiako Provincial Park and Protected Area Management Direction Statement [PDF 993.57KB]

Canoeing

Fishing

Hiking

Hunting

Walk-In/Wilderness Camping