Chisel 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 Chisel Lake
If Atan is full, this small rec site offers a few more campsites on a nice mountain lake. It is only a few more kilometers down the road from Atan, and is often less busy.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 3 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Wells, British Columbia
- District
- Quesnel-Central Cariboo (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1998
- Location
- 53.17906, -121.35829
- Site ID
- REC2659
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
From Wells take the Bowron Lake Road, turn onto the *new* 2900 road and follow for 7.5km. Access is on the left.
Use caution, the access road is steep with limited room to turn around. Scout the area first.
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 Chisel Lake:
- Campground Host, Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park Silvertip Park Services Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 74 km away
- Campground Host, Mount Robson Provincial Park Quartz Contracting (BC Parks operator), 143 km away
- Campground Host, Lac La Hache Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 148 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Atan Lake 2 km, 3 campsites
- Whiskey Flats 19 km, 3 campsites
- Groundhog Lake 23 km
- Yanks Peak Snowmobile Cabin 37 km
- Crescent Lake 38 km, 3 campsites
- Stony Lake East 40 km, 3 campsites
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.