Kakwa Protected Area
54.044° N, 120.3277° W
Kakwa Protected Area, British Columbia. 54.044° N, 120.3277° W
Provincial park, 1,720 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/bc/kakwa-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.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- 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).
Kakwa Protected Area is a 1,720 km² provincial park 33 km east of Dome Creek, in British Columbia. It was established in 1987.
15 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Kakwa Lake (3.68 km²).
- Area
- 1,720 km²
- Established
- 1987
- Named lakes
- 15
Conditions today
Tonight: Rain. Amount 15 to 25 mm. Low plus 4.
Weather: Dome Creek (local forecast), as of 2:05 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:42 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:18 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:17 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:52 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:15 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:37 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 15 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakwa Lake | 3.68 km² |
| 2 | Cecilia Lake | 2.21 km² |
| 3 | Dimsdale Lake | 0.75 km² |
| 4 | Fay Lake | 0.55 km² |
| 5 | Babette Lake | 0.41 km² |
| 6 | Mariel Lake | 0.37 km² |
| 7 | Moonias Lake | 0.35 km² |
| 8 | La Glace Lake | 0.34 km² |
| 9 | Barbara Lake | 0.26 km² |
| 10 | Wishaw Lake | 0.25 km² |
| 11 | Sioux Lake | 0.22 km² |
| 12 | Broadview Lake | 0.18 km² |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Things to do
Activities
- Hunting
As listed by the park’s official page.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- 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
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