CampHostJobsAtan Lake Recreation Site
Near Wells, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
No operator is listed in BC government records. The site may be maintained by a government contractor or by its users.
About Atan Lake
If you're killing time while waiting to do the Bowron Lakes Chain, check out this small remote site off of the Bowron Lakes Road. With only a few campsites, it makes a nice quiet base camp for exploring the Barkerville area and backroads.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 3 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive; Road: Motorhome
- Nearest town
- Wells, British Columbia
- District
- Quesnel-Central Cariboo (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1998
- Location
- 53.19249, -121.38365
- Site ID
- REC2658
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
From the townsite of Wells, follow the Bowron Lake road, turn onto the *new* 2900 road and follow for ~5km. Please drive with caution, it is a narrow industrial road.
The new 2900 road access is located ~1km north of the old 2900 road on the Bowron Lake road, directly across from the 2400 road (Twin Sisters) turn off.
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. BC also recruits live-in fee-site operators by request for proposals on BC Bid.
Host jobs near Atan Lake:
- Campground Host, Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park Silvertip Park Services Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 72 km away
- Campground Host, Mount Robson Provincial Park Quartz Contracting (BC Parks operator), 145 km away
- Campground Host, Lac La Hache Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 149 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Chisel Lake 2 km, 3 campsites
- Whiskey Flats 21 km, 3 campsites
- Groundhog Lake 23 km
- Crescent Lake 36 km, 3 campsites
- Stony Lake East 38 km, 3 campsites
- Yanks Peak Snowmobile Cabin 38 km
Information from Recreation Sites and Trails BC open data (BC Data Catalogue, Open Government Licence – British Columbia), retrieved 2026-10-09. Conditions change: check the official page before you travel. CampHostJobs is not affiliated with the Government of British Columbia.