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Bonaparte Park

51.1525° N, 120.4932° W

Bonaparte Park, British Columbia. 51.1525° N, 120.4932° W

Provincial park, 118 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/bonaparte-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Bonaparte Park is a 118 km² provincial park 15 km northwest of McLure, in British Columbia. It was established in 2004.

22 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Bare Lake (2.3 km²).

Area
118 km²
Established
2004
Named lakes
22

Conditions today

12.6 °C

Mostly CloudyWind E 5 km/h, gusts 39

Observed at Kamloops, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT

Tonight: Mainly cloudy. Wind east 20 km/h becoming southwest 30 late this evening. Low 10.

Weather: Kamloops (local forecast), as of 10:01 p.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:41 a.m.
Sunrise
7:14 a.m.
Sunset
6:23 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:56 p.m.
Moonrise
4:55 a.m.
Moonset
5:29 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 4% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Kamloops, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT

In the park

The 12 largest of 22 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureArea
1Bare Lake2.3 km²
2Heller Lake0.89 km²
3Willowgrouse Lake0.89 km²
4Hoopatatkwa Lake0.85 km²
5Elbow Lake0.85 km²
6Shelley Lake0.55 km²
7Mollimarn Lake0.46 km²
8Dumbell Lake0.41 km²
9Dagger Lake0.4 km²
10Adler Lake0.37 km²
11Hiahkwah Lake0.33 km²
12Tuwut Lake0.32 km²

Things to do

Activities

  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Horseback riding
  • Hunting
  • Pets on leash
  • Wildlife viewing
  • Winter recreation

Camping

  • Cabins and huts
  • Frontcountry camping
  • Wilderness camping

Facilities

  • Campfires

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Class A
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia
Official website
bcparks.ca