Wells Gray Park

52.268° N, 119.9834° W

Wells Gray Park, British Columbia. 52.268° N, 119.9834° W

Provincial park, 5,400 km². Scale bar on the map.

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

Wells Gray Park is a 5,400 km² provincial park 6.3 km northeast of Blackpool, in British Columbia. It was established in 1939.

34 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Murtle Lake (76.4 km²).

Conditions today

9.6 °C

Mostly CloudyWind calm

Observed at Blue River, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT

Tonight: Periods of rain. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind becoming south 20 km/h near midnight. Low 8.

Weather: Blue River (local forecast), as of 10:02 p.m. PDT

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The 12 largest of 34 named lakes, ranked by area.

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

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

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