Note: The last time we went by in mid July the site was shut down all season so far due to some dangerous trees, so they installed a gate to lock people out instead of hiring someone with a chain saw to cut those trees down. When you don’t want tourism this is the way to do it.
Facilities:
- Warf: No
- Boat Launch: Yes but not great
- Tables: Yes
- Toilets: Yes
- Fees: No
- Campsites: 4
- Forest Service maintained
- Google Earth KML Tanglechain Lake (note unzip first)
This site has a rough road into it, we do not recommend larger RV’s to drive into this lake.
LOCATION: Turn off Hwy 16 west of Smithers onto the Babine Lake Road. Travel past the Chapman Lake Recreation Site turnoff for another 10.5 kms. The Tanglechain Recreation Site is 48.5 kms from the highway on the Babine Lake Road. Do not turn onto the Tanglechain FSR (it leads to Fulton Lake) which is still 7 kms before the recreation site. Remain on the Babine Lake Road.
Fish Species: Fisheries Branch Inventory/Data Unit findings the last sampling done was 1970 (seriously?) The following fish species were found, Largescale Sucker, Dolly Varden, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Longnose Sucker, Northern Pikeminnow, Peamouth Chub.
Of notable interest is the lake was stocked with Rainbow trout from 1955 through to 1960. REF# = SC-774
Below is a Bathymetric Map of the lake
Tanglechain
Photos and Video
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