Burns Lake - British Columbia
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Eagle Creek Campground
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Burns Lake Campground
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Guyishton Lake Campground
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Division Lake Campground
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Beaver Point Resort
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Agate Point Campground
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McLure Pit (Government Point) Campground
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Co-op Lake Campground
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Sandy's RV and Camping Resort
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Indian Bay Campground
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Maxan Lake Campground
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Taltapin Lake Campground
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Augier Lake Campground
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Mollice Lake Campground
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Richmond Lake Campground
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Babine Lake - Pendleton Bay Marine Provincial Park
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Colleymount Campground
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Uncha Lake Campground
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Takysie Lake Campground
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Binta Lake North Campground
- Lakes District with more than 300 wilderness lakes
- varied fishing possibilities
- salmon spawning
- gateway to Tweedsmuir Provincial Park (limited access)
- the Bucket of Blood, former fur trade post with somewhat notorious uses thereafter
- a Performing Arts and an Alternative Arts Festival, each held annually
- Tintagel Herb Gardens
- rockhounding in Eagle Creek area, with agates, opals and hoodoos
Burns Lake is the site of a total of six First Nation reserves, bringing the local population to over 2,000, with approximately equal numbers of native Canadian and European-derived peoples. The logging industry is still very important in the region, just as it was in the early twentieth century when it was a major supplier of railroad ties for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The abundance of opportunities for outdoor activities explains the growth in the tourist industry.
An unverified story surrounding the name of this largest town in BC comes from the time of the Borland Expedition during the survey of a route for the Overland Telegraph. A recent forest fire blackened the vegetation of the river valley, prompting the surveyors to name the narrow body of water Burnt Lake which gradually changed to Burns Lake.
The original location site underwent rapid growth with the coming of the railway, helped by the colourful and enterprising Trygarn Pelham Lyster Mulvany whose local name was Barney. He set up a pair of tents, part of a construction camp he had won in a poker game, one as a cook tent and the other as a small hotel. These gradually gave way to log cabins and, upon incorporation in 1923, the tent town became the Village of Burns Lake.