The Babine Lake Provincial Marine Park system has six sites, including Pinkut Creek, Pendleton Bay, Hook (Deep) Bay, Smithers Landing, Pierre Creek, and Sandpoint sites.
The area is great for wildlife viewing, and there’s salmon spawning channels operated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans at Pinkut Creek.
However, the abundance of salmon also means that there are often black bears and grizzly in the area, and in fact the Pinkut Creek site is closed each year from August 20 to December 31 to reduce bear-human conflict.
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