Park overview
Just off the Coquihalla Highway, this small lake is surrounded by an open lodgepole pine forest. The park offers opportunities for fishing and picnicking day-use only. Overnight camping is not permitted. There is a picnic table, pit toilets and a fishing wharf.
Advisories
Safety info
- The nearest public telephone is at Lac Le Jeune Park, 2 km away.
Facilities
Accessibility information is available for this park.
An undeveloped area provides launching for small boats, only.
This park has a day-use and picnic area.
This park only has pit toilets, no flush toilets.
Activities
There are no lifeguards on duty in BC Parks.
There is canoeing and kayaking available at this park.
There is canoeing and kayaking available at this park.
There is a wharf for shore-fishing at this park.
Anyone fishing in British Columbia must have an appropriate licence. To learn more, see the fishing and hunting guide.
You are responsible for behaviour of pets and domestic animals and must dispose of their excrement.
This park is located just off the Coquihalla Highway #5, 37 km south of Kamloops. Watch for highway signs for Lac Le Jeune Park.
Learn more about this park
Park details
- Date established: September 4, 1987
- Size: 55 hectares
Park contact
This park proudly operated by:
Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd.
parkinquiries@telus.net
250 320-9305
Nature and culture
History
In 1987, coinciding with the opening of the Phase 2 (Merritt to Kamloops) section of the Coquihalla Highway, the Land Act Reserves (UREP) on Walloper Lake were converted to provincial Class A Park status. Prior to that time Walloper Lake had been managed as a Forest Recreation site, but the strategic location of the site led to interagency agreement that it would be ideally suited to eventually serve tourist day use travel needs on the Coquihalla Highway while retaining regional day use opportunities.
With concerns that the close proximity of the highway would lead to overloading of the site with transient use, the new park site was closed to camping and travellers were instead directed to use the Lac le Jeune campground. Since that time, the park has been managed as a low profile day use facility, catering mostly to regional use.
Conservation
A small lake, surrounded by open lodgepole pine, spruce and fir forest. Partial representation of montane spruce forests and plateau lake setting of the Southern Thompson Uplands Ecosection. Park boundaries encompass much of the natural shoreline and upland around lake.
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
BC Parks honours Indigenous Peoples’ connection to the land and respects the importance of their diverse teachings, traditions, and practices within these territories. This park webpage may not adequately represent the full history of this park and the connection of Indigenous Peoples to this land. We are working in partnership with Indigenous Peoples to update our websites so that they better reflect the history and cultures of these special places.