Haida Gwaii Parks and Places

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

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

This extremely short trail is located approximately 2 kilometers south of Port Clements, along Highway 16. Blink and you'll miss it!

Highway 16

Port Clements

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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

Jungle Beach has plenty of parking, a wooden picnic shelter, pit toilets and some personality. The Black Bear marks the pull out area of the park when driving along Hwy 16.

Highway 16

Skidegate

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

There are some who refer to Balance Rock as the centre of spirituality. It is one of the many natural spiritual forces at work on Haida Gwaii. The best time to view the rock is at low tide.

Hwy 16

Skidegate

Short out-and-back beach access trail located at the end of Andrews Place Road in Tlell

Andrews Place Road

Tlell

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Charlie Hartie Creek is a short out and back trail located at the top of 6th street, off 1st Ave.

1st Ave

Queen Charlotte

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A wilderness trail following a creek through wet, moist forests, passing by thick clumps of ferns and piles of deadfall. The trail is a short, easy grade trail that leads to the coastline and Secret Cove.

School Road

Sandspit

A swimming and picnicking fresh water lake destination park on Graham Island, in between Masset Village and Port Clements Village. It is a popular destination to relax, swim, picnic, play in the sand, kayak or canoe.

Highway 16

Port Clements

A small recreational site tucked away along some logging roads west of Queen Charlotte City on Graham Island. The park area opens up to a large bay with pebbled, sandy beaches looking out onto the large, Lina and smaller, Meyer Island.

Honna Road

Queen Charlotte City

The Green Man can be seen along Highway 16 near the Crow's Nest store

Highway 16

Tlell

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User-maintained trail located just off Highway 16, across from the Canada Parks offices. You will notice the worn trailhead sign near a "no overnight camping" sign.

Highway 16

Skidegate

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Haida Gwaii Parks and Places

Skidegate Lake

Mayer Lake Picnic Grounds

Gray Bay, Moresby Island

Donald Henkel Memorial Trail

Sleeping Beauty Hiking Trail

Jungle Beach

Cape Fife Hiking Trail, Naikoon Provincial Park

Balance Rock

Andrews Place Road Trail

Charlie Hartie Creek Trail

Secret Cove Trail, Moresby Island

Pure Lake Provincial Park

Kagan Bay

The Green Man

K’yuu Aanagung / Spirit Lake Connector

Parks & Trails Map