Bowron Lake Provincial Park is a wilderness area in the central part of Canada’s British Columbia Province. The park is situated on the western slopes of the Cariboo Mountain Range, covering 300,352 acres of land with a system of six major lakes. Making up the canoe circuit are Indianpoint, Isaac, Lanezi, Sandy, Spectacle and Bowron Lakes, the Cariboo and Bowron Rivers, other smaller lakes and streams and several portages. Forming a backdrop are the rugged and majestic Cariboo Mountains. The canoe circuit is 72 miles and can be completed in six or seven days. A shorter and less strenuous canoe trip known as the West Side Trip takes you from Bowron Lake to Unna Lake without any portages.

Margie and I completed the 72 mile circuit in the fall of 1982. We saw some snow, freezing temperatures and rain every day. I think we forgot that winter comes earlier in the north country. In our hurry to complete the trip, we rushed through the West Side part of the trip and didn’t get to see very much.

In 1986 we tackled the Bowron again with our 3 year old daughter Molly. This time we went during the summer and did just the West Side Trip. The weather was mostly sunny and much warmer. We were able to see all that we had missed the first time and then some. It was a much more relaxed trip. I think it was a formative experience for Molly, helping her to become the young adult she is today.

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