FRASER LAKE
Is s small lakeside town located between the small northwestern communities of Vanderhoof and Burns Lake and about 160 kilometers west of Prince George along Highway #16 (Yellowhead Highway). Fraser Lake began in 1914, with construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and grew as a sawmill town. In 1965, a large molybdenum mine south of the nearby town of Endako and helped the town prosper and Fraser Lake became the home to several of the mine’s employees. The town’s major employer is small sawmilling at the settlement of Lejac. Fraser Lake was incorporated as a village on September 27, 1966 and is named after famous explorer Simon Fraser. There are several things to do in Fraser Lake including hunting, fishing and hiking. For a good view of Fraser Lake, hike up Mouse Mountain; a large foothill that overlooks the community just to the east. Fraser Lake is known as the “White Swan Capital of the World”.
FRASER LAKE’S POPULATION: 1,113
Is s small lakeside town located between the small northwestern communities of Vanderhoof and Burns Lake and about 160 kilometers west of Prince George along Highway #16 (Yellowhead Highway). Fraser Lake began in 1914, with construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and grew as a sawmill town. In 1965, a large molybdenum mine south of the nearby town of Endako and helped the town prosper and Fraser Lake became the home to several of the mine’s employees. The town’s major employer is small sawmilling at the settlement of Lejac. Fraser Lake was incorporated as a village on September 27, 1966 and is named after famous explorer Simon Fraser. There are several things to do in Fraser Lake including hunting, fishing and hiking. For a good view of Fraser Lake, hike up Mouse Mountain; a large foothill that overlooks the community just to the east. Fraser Lake is known as the “White Swan Capital of the World”.
FRASER LAKE’S POPULATION: 1,113
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