This provincial park comprises six separate sites around the lake.

[1] Vehicle access to the lake, via BC Highway 16 and Nilkitkwa forestry service road, is by road about 105 kilometres (65 mi) northeast of Smithers; via BC Highway 16 and Central Babine Lake Highway, is about 132 kilometres (82 mi) east of Smithers; or via Babine Lake Road, is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Burns Lake.

After World War II, logging activity expanded.

In the late 1940s, the federal government built a large wharf to handle freight traffic.

[1][6] The gravel logging road from Burns Lake to Pendleton Bay branches to Pinkut Creek.