BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
North Star Lake
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 11
- Hookups
- 11 no hookups
- Cost
- Camping $15 CAD per night, May 1, 2026–Oct 31, 2026
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 2,828 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Jaffray
- Activities
- Angling, Canoeing, Camping
About
A medium-sized, heavily treed site on North Star Lake. Suitable for trailers/campers, canoes and car-top boats. Very popular fishing lake.
This is a fee for service site.
Road access. Maintained to Recreation Sites and Trails BC standards by a partner or contractor. Facilities on file: boat launch, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings. First come, first served.
Getting there: From Jaffray on Hwy 3, take the Jaffray/Baynes Lake road South for approximately 4.6km. Turn left onto the North Star Lake Road (look for North Star Lake sign post). Travel this road for 4km when you will come to a main fork on the road. Stay left at the fork and the site is within 200 m from the junction.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 19° | -34° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 33° | 15° | -21° | 45° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 42° | 29° | -6° | 60° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 50° | 33° | 12° | 72° | 8 of 11 |
| May | 62° | 42° | 30° | 83° | 2 of 11 |
| June | 71° | 49° | 37° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 84° | 59° | 47° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 83° | 59° | 48° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 70° | 51° | 39° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 51° | 37° | 27° | 69° | 3 of 10 |
| November | 38° | 30° | 3° | 54° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 33° | 24° | -8° | 44° | 10 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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