Haida Gwaii Parks and Places

The Mayer Lake Picnic Grounds is an ideal area for swimming, family picnics, relaxing, fishing and launching a boat or canoe

Tlell

Gray Bay is a recreational campground with a large beach area. The campground onsite enjoys some good size campsites for campers and grassy ones for tenters.

School Road

Sandspit

The Kumdis River Trail is located north east of Port Clements, adjacent the Kumdis River Bridge.

Highway 16

Port Clements

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The trail is moist and is made of mostly hard packed earth. In the spring and fall months the trail is muddy and could be washed out in areas near the creek. Much of the trail weaves in and out of the trees, stepping over roots and side stepping deadfall.

Sandspit

Backpackers complete the entire one-way 10 km Cape Fife Trail in about 4-6 hours. Many backpackers take even a longer time completing the trail so to enjoy the Argonaut Plain and the many unique west coast bog environments along the way leading to the East Beach shelter at the end of the trail.

Tow Hill Road

Masset

Many arrive at Agate Beach to find agate rock. A hard task for most is to pick an agate rock out from the millions of beautiful coloured rocks spilled over the beach. Agate colour varies too - from a clear-white, to yellowish-amber, greens and red.

Tow Hill Road

Masset

One of the larger accessible fresh water lakes on Moresby Island in the Haida Gwaii Islands Archipelago. The lake, as well as Mosquito Lake, is a popular destination for fishing, canoeing and swimming.

Sandspit

A once tall, vibrant Golden Spruce Tree stood on the banks of the Yakoun River near Port Clements on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii. The tree attracted many visitors to the shores of the Yakoun so to view the magical golden "freak of nature" - The Golden Spruce Tree.

Bayview Ave

Port Clements

Found along the Port Man Forest Service Road just east of the Mamin River, this is a 400 metre one-way crescent-shaped trail that leads you through the woods and across a creek to an unfinished Haida canoe.

Port Man Forest Service Road

Port Clements

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The Tow Hill Hiking Trail is a short 15-30 minute trek (approx. 1 km - .6 mi. one way) through coastal forests comprised of ferns, deadfall and salal all the way to the summit of Tow Hill and a lookout deck.

Tow Hill Road

Masset

Old Growth Alley interpretive route is a difficult trail located along Highway 16, a few minutes south of Crow's Nest store

Highway 16

Tlell

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The Simpson Tower Trail is a 1.7km (one-way) out and back route in the Delkatla Nature Sanctuary. It runs parallel to Cemetery Road for much of its length.

Cemetery Rd

Masset, BC

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The Sleeping Beauty Trail is the best known rainforest trail in an area of many trails. The trail is very vertical with plenty of opportunity for stair climbing, rope climbing and depending on the seasons, trekking though mud and navigating around wash-outs.

Honna Road Forestry Service Road

Queen Charlotte City

A short, short trail leads from the picnic area to a rocky, pebbled beach. At low tide more of the large rocks become exposed, exposing the beach thus creating more room to walk the rocks while beachcombing.

Sandspit

On the north side of Moresby Island, in-between Onward Point and Sandspit Village is a long stretch of sandy beach to explore.

Sandspit

Haida Gwaii Parks and Places

Mayer Lake Picnic Grounds

Gray Bay, Moresby Island

Kumdis River Trail

Dover Trail

Cape Fife Hiking Trail, Naikoon Provincial Park

Agate Beach, Naikoon Provincial Park

Skidegate Lake

Golden Spruce Tree Trail

Haida Canoe Trail

Tow Hill Hiking Trail

Old Growth Alley

Simpson Tower Trail

Sleeping Beauty Hiking Trail

Grassy Island, Moresby Island

Shingle Bay, Moresby Island

Parks & Trails Map