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Tantalus Park

49.8408° N, 123.2981° W

Tantalus Park, British Columbia. 49.8408° N, 123.2981° W

Provincial park, 114 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/tantalus-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.
  • 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).
  • 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.

Tantalus Park is a 114 km² provincial park 2.3 km northwest of Brackendale, in British Columbia. It was established in 1998.

3 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Lovely Water (0.96 km²).

Area
114 km²
Established
1998
Named lakes
3

Conditions today

14.7 °C

Wind SSE 6 km/h, gusts 31

Observed at Squamish, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT

Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness this evening then rain beginning near midnight. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Wind becoming south 40 before morning. Low 11.

Weather: Squamish (local forecast), as of 11:00 p.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:52 a.m.
Sunrise
7:24 a.m.
Sunset
6:36 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:08 p.m.
Moonrise
5:08 a.m.
Moonset
5:40 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 4% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

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

In the park

FeatureArea
1Lake Lovely Water0.96 km²
2Sigurd Lake0.46 km²
3Zenith Lake0.23 km²

Waterfalls

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Things to do

Activities

  • Canoeing
  • Climbing
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Hunting
  • Pets on leash
  • Swimming

Camping

  • Cabins and huts
  • Wilderness camping

Facilities

  • Drinking water
  • Pit or flush toilets

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

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

Photos

Mount Jimmy Jimmy, Tantalus Provincial Park
Photo: Kevin Teague, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mount Tantalus
Photo: Kevin Teague, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sigurd Lake, Tantalus Provincial Park
Photo: Kevin Teague, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons