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Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park

50.0911° N, 116.5545° W

Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park, British Columbia. 50.0911° N, 116.5545° W

Provincial park, 2,020 km². Scale bar on the map.

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

Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park is a 2,020 km² provincial park 1.7 km east of Johnsons Landing, in British Columbia. It was established in 1974.

6 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Kootenay Lake (422 km²).

Area
2,020 km²
Established
1974
Named lakes
6

Conditions today

Tonight: Clear. Wind southeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 7.

Weather: Invermere (local forecast), as of 2:05 a.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:26 a.m.
Sunrise
7:59 a.m.
Sunset
7:06 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:39 p.m.
Moonrise
6:57 a.m.
Moonset
6:26 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Kootenay Lake422 km²
2Eagle Nest Lake0.41 km²
3Bleak Lake0.32 km²
4Canning Lake0.28 km²
5Lake Bonny Gem0.18 km²
6Marten Lake0.12 km²

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia