Bonaparte Provincial Park

Bonaparte Provincial Park in British Columbia occupies eleven thousand eight hundred eleven hectares on the Bonaparte Plateau, about fifty-five kilometers northwest of Kamloops. Established on April 30, 1996, it preserves a remote high-elevation landscape of sub-alpine forest, wetlands, volcanic hills, and more than fifty small interconnected lakes shaped by old lava flows. Earlier uses included ranching, a 1974 timber-harvest moratorium, and fly-in tourism. Managed as a backcountry area, it has few services and no motorized vehicle access, though snowmobiles are allowed in the south. Horse use, floatplane access, hunting, grazing, camping, and hiking continue in this largely undeveloped upland setting.

British Columbia · Canada