Date: August 13, 2026
2026 Bowron Lakes Canoe Circuit
Travel to Bowron Lakes Canoe Circuit
Bowron Lake Park Registration and Visitor Centre
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Return from Bowron Lakes Canoe Circuit
We checked in to the Bowron Lake Park Registration and Visitor Centre and sat through a mandatory safety brief.
After the briefing, the rangers weighed our bags and tagged our canoes. We were allowed a max of 60 pounds of gear in each canoe during portage. And to make is easy for rangers to see if we here cheating they listed number and colors of each bag that were allowed in the canoe. Any extra gear would need to be carried on our backs.
Both Black and Grizzly Bears live in the Bowron Circuit. There is plenty of food for them in the forest, but if we leave food out, they can come into our camps and fight us for it.
Each campsite had food lockers, which made it easy for us to lock up food.
The Canadians were also big on Wilderness Ethics. Speakers and loud noises were forbidden. Individual sites needed to be shared and any bullies were to be reported. Since were were in designated group sites, we didn't share our camps with others, which was good and bad.
Engraved wood map shows the location of campsites, shelters, cabins, radios, Ranger stations, and portage points.
The "W" designates where firewood can be found. Since there was a fire ban in effect, these sites were empty.
Although campfires were banned, you can still use the wood stoves located in the cabins.
The path ahead is leads us to the Bowron Lake Park Registration and Visitor Centre and is the beginning of the Bowron Lakes Canoes Circuit.