Hisnit River Watershed Protected Area
50.214° N, 127.4796° W
Hisnit River Watershed Protected Area, British Columbia. 50.214° N, 127.4796° W
Protected area, 16.8 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/bc/hisnit-river-watershed-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).
Hisnit River Watershed Protected Area is a 16.8 km² protected area 20 km southwest of Port Alice, in British Columbia. It was established in 2011.
1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Power Lake (0.64 km²).
- Area
- 16.8 km²
- Established
- 2011
- Named lakes
- 1
Conditions today
8.2 °C
Observed at Port Hardy, as of 8:00 a.m. PDT
Today: Periods of rain ending this morning then cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 except gusting to 60 over exposed coastal sections this morning. Temperature steady near 11. UV index 2 or low.
Weather: Port Hardy (local forecast), as of 8:03 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:10 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:42 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:50 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:22 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:43 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:10 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power Lake | 0.64 km² |
Things to do
Activities
- Hunting
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