🧭 14 communities along Highway 16

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598 mapped trails and 51 fishing lakes across northern British Columbia, grouped by the community closest to each trailhead.

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Each town page pulls in its own trails, lakes, tours and local businesses, with a map centred on the valley around it.

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SmithersBC

Alpine hikes, Hudson Bay Mountain and the heart of the Bulkley Valley.

164
Trails: 15
Lakes

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TelkwaBC

Riverside trails and quiet lakes at the confluence of the Bulkley and Telkwa.

30 trails 3 lakes

HoustonBC

Waterfall tours, forest trails and world-class steelhead water.

65 trails 11 lakes

HazeltonBC

Trails beneath the Rocher de Boule range, where the Skeena meets the Bulkley.

39 trails 3 lakes

Burns LakeBC

Lakes District riding, paddling and hiking on the Highway 16 corridor.

68 trails 4 lakes

StewartBC

Glaciers, bear viewing and coastal mountain trails at the head of the Portland Canal.

10 trails 2 lakes

Prince RupertBC

14 trails 2 lakes

GranisleBC

2 trails 1 lake

GitwinksihlkwBC

Where the Nass River Flows Through Nisga’a Country

13 trails 3 lakes

GingolxBC

Where the Nass River Meets the Pacific

2 trails

Gitlaxt'aamiksBC

Heart of Nisga’a Culture in the Nass Valley

5 trails

KitimatBC

Where Mountains Meet the Pacific

64 trails 4 lakes

TerraceBC

Where Mountain Adventure Meets the Skeena

116 trails 3 lakes

Port EdwardBC

Where Coastal Beauty Meets Northern Adventure

6 trails

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