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Buse Lake Protected Area

50.6118° N, 120.03° W

Buse Lake Protected Area, British Columbia. 50.6118° N, 120.03° W

Protected area, 2.28 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/buse-lake-protected-area/, 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).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Buse Lake Protected Area is a 2.28 km² protected area 5.3 km northeast of Bestwick, in British Columbia. It was established in 2001.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Buse Lake (0.27 km²).

Area
2.28 km²
Established
2001
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

12.3 °C

Partly CloudyWind S 3 km/h

Observed at Kamloops, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

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

Weather: Kamloops (local forecast), as of 12:07 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:40 a.m.
Sunrise
7:13 a.m.
Sunset
6:20 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:52 p.m.
Moonrise
6:12 a.m.
Moonset
5:40 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Kamloops, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

In the park

FeatureArea
1Buse Lake0.27 km²

Things to do

Activities

  • Hiking
  • Hunting
  • Wildlife viewing

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

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