Babine Lake

The Babine Lake is the longest natural lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The lake has a water surface of 479 km ² (total area of islands 495 km ²) and lies at an altitude of 711 m. It has a length of 153 km and varies 2-10 km wide. The Babine Lake is located northeast of the town of Burns Lake in central British Columbia, and approximately 180 kilometers west-northwest of the city of Prince George.

The Babine River, a left tributary of the Skeena River, drains the lake to the northwest.

Several provincial parks are located on Babine Lake:

• Babine Lake Marine Provincial Park Pendleton Bay site
• Smithers Landing site

Babine Portage

Babine Portage is a 12 km north of the Portage Yekooche reserve situated campsite on a gravel road at the west end of Babine Lake. The name is a reference to a canoe access site, which was formerly used for Portage to a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Previously, there were five cabins on the east side of the creek and seven on the west side. All were burned by wildfire in 2003.

Although people of Tachie, Fort St. James and Prince George visit this area, it is mainly used by members of the Yekooche First Nation, who spend much of the summer here and return to Portage Reserve in the fall. The supplies them with salmon, particularly sockeye salmon, while hunting for elk, deer and bears in the area at Salt Lake, Frank 's Meadow and a lagoon to the west of the camp can be done.

People also fish at 4 Mile and at 6 Mile Creek east of camp near quarterback Iceland. The inhabitants of Yekooche use fishing at Babine Portage as food during the winter time.

An important local tradition at Babine Portage includes t'es - ing of newcomers what the rubbing of the cheeks with charcoal meant to keep bad weather from the camp. t'es means " charcoal " in the language of the Babine.