Alice Lake Provincial Park, Provincial park in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Canada.
Alice Lake Provincial Park is a nature reserve in British Columbia with four lakes surrounded by mountains and dense forests. The park provides 108 campsites with various facilities including electrical connections, shower buildings, and washrooms.
Alice Lake and its surroundings were a First Nations hunting and fishing ground long before settlers arrived; Charles Rose, who settled here around 1888, named the lake after his wife Alice. Logging ran from the 1880s to the 1920s, yet the lake was already a recreation spot. The park was established on 23 November 1956, enlarged on 14 February 1961 to 396 ha, and again on 20 October 2009 by 15 ha to its present 411 ha.
The park's name comes from Alice, wife of settler Charles Rose, who arrived around 1888. The lake drew recreationists long before the park was created, and logging shaped the district from the 1880s to the 1920s. Today interpretive programs teach visitors about black bear habitat and behaviour.
The park lies about 13 km north of Squamish, reached via the Sea-to-Sky Highway (Highway 99). Campground and picnic areas sit directly on Alice Lake, with 108 pitches, some reservable, plus showers and washrooms. Trails range from easy half-day walks to multi-day routes, and the park is a trailhead for Garibaldi Provincial Park.
Alice Lake's name honours Alice, wife of settler Charles Rose, who arrived around 1888; the land was logged from the 1880s to the 1920s before becoming a park. The park lies within the Atl'ka7tsme/Howe Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region, designated in September 2021. Look for red-eared slider turtles, an introduced species, basking at the lake edges.
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