BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Humamilt Lake West
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 6
- Hookups
- 6 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,985 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Scotch Creek
- Activities
- Angling, Boating, Canoeing, Picnicking, Camping
About
Humamilt Lake West Recreation Site is a medium sized site located in the trees on the south west side of the Lake.
Road access. User-maintained site with no regular servicing. Facilities on file: boat launch, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, dock. First come, first served.
Getting there: Use caution when accessing this site, as there is active hauling along the Seymour Main FSR and the Humamilt Lake area. Turn off the Trans Canada Highway at Scotch Creek and continue past the town of St. Ives and onto Seymour Arm Main forest service road. Follow for 32km then watch for a junction shortly after Albas provincial park. Reset your odometer at the junction and turn left onto the secondary forest service road. At 6.5km there is a Y junction, take the left fork and immediately cross a bridge. Continue to the recreation site at 21km on your odometer.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 24° | -18° | 42° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 34° | 23° | -15° | 46° | 10 of 11 |
| March | 44° | 30° | 7° | 63° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 47° | 34° | 16° | 65° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 60° | 45° | 36° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 68° | 50° | 40° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 78° | 59° | 49° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 79° | 60° | 47° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 67° | 53° | 42° | 82° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 49° | 40° | 32° | 70° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 40° | 34° | 6° | 52° | 7 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 25° | -6° | 44° | 9 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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