Eneas
Lake Provincial Park is a rough and rugged recreation
destination in a rugged environment located in the backcountry
forests east of the community of Peachland, BC, Canada in the
Okanagan Valley. The park is accessed via a very rough deactivated,
unmaintained forest service gravel road. A route attempted only
by 4x4s for good reasons.
Eneas Lake Provincial Park is a year round destination.
In the summer the remote park attracts people who enjoy backpacking,
wilderness camping, canoeing, hiking, fishing, horseback riding
and birdwatching. In the winter the snow covered deactivated gravel
roads in the park become snowmobile routes.
The 1036 hectare Eneas Lake Park was established
in 1968 to protect the Thompson Plateau Landscape. A relatively
good size park with four lakes surrounded by fir and pine trees
- cactus and sage brush. The four lakes include Big and Little
Eneas Lake, Island Lake and Tsuh lake.
The park enjoys a network of trails and gravel
forestry roads leading to lakes and wilderness campsites. However,
the trails are unmaintained and are not marked with trail signs.
All hikers exploring the park should be well prepared and experienced.
The wilderness campsites in the Eneas Lakes Provincial
Park are mostly walk in campsites. The roads will only get you
so far, as many are too rough to drive. All wilderness campsites
have no amenities and every visitor should honor the "pack
in-pack out" rule - leave no trace behind.
The lakes make this park an ideal destination
for any backpacker who wishes to go for a swim to cool down after
a long hike or cast a line fishing.
How to Get to Eneas Lake
Park:
The Eneas Lake Park is no easy feat to reach. The 20 kilometre forestry gravel road leading to the
park is deactivated and unmaintained. Start by heading west of
Peachland to the Prairie Valley Road and then to the Munro Lake
Forest Service Road (FSR). The 4x4 only road will take you so
far and then the rest is on foot. |
Eneas Park 
Peachland