CampHostJobsO'Connell Lake Recreation Site
Near Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Operated by Four Wheel Drive Association of British Columbia under a partnership agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About O'Connell Lake
Now managed in Partnership with the 4 Wheel Drive Association of BC, O'Connell Lake Rec Site is a small site on beautiful O'Connell Lake, within the Northern area of Vancouver Island.
An old trestle divides the lake on an isthmus of land. There are two options for boat launch at the site with a canoe launch on one side and a car top boat launch on the other.
O'Connell Lake is a remote access recreation site with rustic amenities and near the community of Port Alice. Users should be prepared for unmaintained industrial roads, logging traffic, and be equipped for self-rescue in the event of an emergency.
O'Connell Lake Rec Site is truly unique in the North Island, with local logging history, great fishing, and a challenging 4x4 road, it offers many forms of recreation for keen outdoor enthusiasts.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- No numbered campsites listed
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 4 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Port Alice, British Columbia
- District
- Discovery Coast (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 2007
- Location
- 50.38675, -127.71875
- Site ID
- REC3206
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Getting there
Same as Mahatta
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. Ask the operator through their website.
Host jobs near O'Connell Lake:
- Nismaqin Guardian & On-Site Park Operator (2 positions) Ahous Business Corporation / Maaqutusiis Hahoulthee Stewardship Society (Wahous Wilderness Lodge), 153 km away
- Park Host, North Vancouver Island Provincial Parks Quality Recreation Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 196 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Side Bay 15 km
- Gooding Cove 17 km, 2 campsites
- Marble River 25 km, 35 campsites
- Spruce Bay 26 km, 5 campsites
- Eternal Fountain 27 km
- Devils Bath 29 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.