Kayaking Bowron Lakes
September 2005
Bowron Lake Provincial Park canoe circuit in British Columbia, Canada, is world famous. Bowron Lake Provincial Park is located in the Cariboo Mountains on central BC, and Wells is the nearest community.Bowron Lake Provincial Park is a BC wilderness park covering more than 121,600 hectares (300,352 acres) of land with a system of six major lakes. Making up the canoe circuit are Indianpoint, Isaac, Lanezi, Sandy, Spectacle and Bowron Lakes, the Cariboo and Bowron Rivers, other smaller lakes and streams and several portages. Forming a backdrop are the rugged and majestic Cariboo Mountains. The canoe circuit is 116km (72mi). The trip provided spectacular scenery and wildlife, We had beaver swimming past our camp, moose standing along the lake shores and bears following us down the portage trail. We even passed one bear swimming across the lake.
