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No vehicle accessible camping facilities at this park. One private campground with electricity is located within 3 km on Highway 16. Provincial Park campgrounds are available nearby at Kleanza Creek, 55 km west and at Seeley Lake, 60 km east.
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Backcountry
and wilderness camping is allowed in the Seven
Sisters Park and Protected Area with limited
facilities provided. There are picnic tables
and fire rings available along the Watson Lakes
trail. Two old trappers’ cabins are located
along the Oliver Creek trail.
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No
group campsites.
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Seven Sisters Park and Protected Area offers
a pleasant and quiet picnicking opportunity. Families
with small children and novice hikers can easily
reach the scenic lakeside picnic/camping site 1km
along the 3km Watson Lakes Trail.
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There
are no wheelchair accessible facilities at this
park.
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Bring your own drinking water as potable water is
not available in the park.
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No toilets. |
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No
showers.
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No
sani-station/dump facilities.
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While campfires are allowed in this backcountry area, we encourage visitors to use campstoves for cooking purposes. To preserve vegetation and ground cover, please don't gather wood for fires from the area unless required for emergency situations. Dead wood is an important habitat element for many plants and animals and it adds organic matter to the soil.
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There are no electrical hook-ups in this park.
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There
are no regularly scheduled interpretive programs
at this park.
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Day Hikes Watson Lakes Trail
- An easy 3 km hike (200m elev. gain) on a scenic,
well maintained trail that passes three small lakes
with picnic sites and fishing. Families with small
children and novice hikers can easily reach the
scenic lakeside picnic/camping site 1km along the
3km trail.
Whiskey
Creek Trail – A 7.2 km trail that starts
out relatively level and traverses pleasant mature
forest for the first 3 km before a difficult creek
crossing at Whiskey Creek then ascends steeply
through mixed forest types to join up with the
upper reaches of the creek below a headwall and
glacier, providing spectacular scenery and access
for mountaineering.
Hiking – Multi-Day
Hikes Oliver
Creek Trail - An old mining road that begins
behind a gravel pit on Hwy 16, about 6 km north
of Oliver Ck. It is 17 km long and climbs 1500
metres over its entire length, passing through
wide a variety of forest types and ending in
a spectacular alpine basin. It is ideal for overnight
backpacking trips, connecting with both Flint
Creek and Coyote Creek roads and passing two
old trapper cabins and beautiful subalpine meadows.
Provides access to alpine hiking and the Seven
Sisters peaks.
For your own safety and the preservation of the park, obey posted signs and keep to designated trails. Shortcutting trails destroys plant life and soil structure. Trail Information.
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This
park does not have a playground.
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Swimming is available but there are no lifeguards on duty at provincial parks.
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There are canoeing and kayaking opportunities in this park. Visitors must be prepared to portage their boat.
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This
park does not have a boat launch.
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Watson Lake has been stocked with Rainbow trout
in the past and the three small lakes along the
Watson Lakes Trail are used for fishing.
Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC
Anyone fishing or angling in British Columbia must have an appropriate licence.
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Mountain
biking is allowed in the Seven Sisters Park and
Protected Area, but only on hardened trails including
the Flint Creek road and the lower Oliver Creek
trail. Otherwise, bicycles
must keep to roadways. Bicycle helmets are mandatory
in British Columbia.
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Horseback riding is allowed.
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Pets/domestic
animals must be on a leash at all times and are
not allowed in beach areas or park buildings. You
are responsible for their behaviour and must dispose
of their excrement.
Backcountry areas are not suitable for dogs or
other pets due to wildlife issues and the potential
for problems with bears.
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The Seven Sisters Park and Protected Area offers
many excellent wildlife viewing opportunities.
Resident mountain goat herds use the Seven Sisters
peaks and ridges during the summer and winter in
the forests near Oliver Creek and Hells Bells Creek.
Grizzly (blue-listed) and black bears, raptors
and other birds use the entire Protected Area.
Wolverines are little known and rarely seen predators
living in and suspected to be breeding in the Seven
Sisters Park. In the low elevation forested area,
marten and fisher (blue-listed) use the older forests,
while moose, mule deer, coyotes and wolves tend
to use the area around natural openings, burned
areas and old cut blocks. The low elevation forest
between Hells Bells Creek and Oliver Creek provides
mule deer winter range. High elevation wetlands
in the Upper Price Creek drainage are likely important
for migratory waterfowl in spring and fall. Tailed
frogs (blue-listed) have been found across the
Skeena River from Oliver Creek, and may live in
small tributaries within the Protected Area. High
breeding populations of rough-skinned newts live
in small ponds near Coyote Creek at the northern
extent of their range. Salmon pass through the
lower reaches of all creeks; trout live within
most lakes and creeks.
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Visitors can enjoy cross-country skiing on existing hiking trails, there are no set tracks. Visitors can enjoy snowshoeing on existing hiking trails.
Snowmobilers travel to an alpine basin along Flint Creek Road, the Flint Creek Extension and Oliver Creek Trail. Mountaineers use Coyote Creek Trail or the Flint Creek Road and Oliver Creek Trail to reach Weeskinisht peak.
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No SCUBA diving or snorkelling opportunities.
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No windsurfing opportunities.
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No waterskiing opportunities.
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Hunting is permitted in the park during lawful hunting season. Check hunting regulations and hunting synopsis.
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No climbing or rock climbing opportunities.
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No spelunking or caving opportunities.
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No cabins, yurts or lodges for public use.
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