Activities

Build lifetime memories with family and friends.

Whether enjoying the panoramic views from your cozy mountain home, skiing to your door after a rewarding day on the slopes, hiking or biking in your local woods, swimming in a nearby lake or shopping and dining on Smithers’ charming Main Street.

Surroundings

Bulkley Valley: Extraordinary by nature.

When peo­ple dis­cover the Bulk­ley Val­ley, they never want to leave—and many don’t. And from Hud­son Bay Moun­tain Es­tates, high above Smithers and the Bulk­ley River, you can see most of it—pure, bold wilder­ness in every di­rec­tion, an ir­re­sistible in­vi­ta­tion to ex­plore.

The Com­mu­nity For­est on Hud­son Bay Moun­tain of­fers a self-guided in­ter­pre­tive Nat­ural Trail through a wide di­ver­sity of habi­tats, and a Demon­stra­tion Trail show­ing var­i­ous tim­ber har­vest­ing meth­ods.

Natural Attractions

Panoramic natural beauty to view and explore.

To the north­east, Babine Moun­tains Provin­cial Park is the place for some of BC’s finest recre­ation op­por­tu­ni­ties. A lit­tle fur­ther east puts you at Babine Lake, BC’s largest nat­ural fresh­wa­ter lake and home to su­perb fish­ing and camp­ing.

Just south of Smithers is Thyee Lake with boat launch, which pro­vides the wa­ter sports en­thu­si­ast with plenty of ac­tion from June through Sep­tem­ber.

A short 1/​2 hour drive from Smithers you will dis­cover Mc­Dowel Lake, thou­sands of acres of un­de­vel­oped crown land for na­ture lovers who like to walk, bike, hike, swim, ca­noe, snow­shoe and look for wildlife.

An easy hour’s drive fur­ther north, brings you to Hazel­ton and the must-see ‘Ksan His­tor­i­cal Vil­lage and Mu­seum. Here you can en­joy a vivid glimpse at live how the Gitxsan peo­ple lived for cen­turies.

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