Canim Lake

The small lakeside community of Canim Lake in the Cariboo is located at the southwestern end of Wells Gray Provincial Park.

The 23-mile (37 km) long Canim Lake is one of the larger lakes in the Cariboo, surrounded by expansive meadows, mountains, rolling hills, and forests of pine, spruce and Douglas-fir trees. Numerous resorts dot the shoreline of the magnificent Canim Lake, which has a distinctive lushness to it due in part to its lower elevation.

Canim Lake is the traditional territory of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) First Nation. The Native people of Canim Lake and their ancestors are a part of what is known as the Lake Division of the Shuswap Tribe within the Interior Salish Nations in B.C. Archaeological evidence of ancient habitation in the Soda Creek region of the Cariboo was discovered during the summer of 1995, it was carbon dated at approximately 4,300 years old. The name Canim appropriately means canoe in the Chinook language.

Canim Lake has a great pebble beach remnant of the glacial age, and during summer this beautiful area is fantastic for hiking, canoeing, boating and fishing. Winter brings fabulous backcountry skiing, snowmobiling, skating, snowshoeing, dogsledding and sleigh rides.

Ponderosa Resort
Canim Lake, BC