During
the early 1900's Ten Mile was a mile post for the Pacific Great Eastern
Railway. Relocation was necessary because of the potential difficulties
in crossing the Cottonwood River but today there is still evidence of
this abandoned railway in the Park.
Ten Mile
Lake Provincial Park is situated in the Fraser Basin, encompassing 241
hectares on the east shore of Ten Mile Lake. With it's rolling hills,
shallow lakes and vast climatic transition zone, dry to the west and
wet to the east, this park makes for an interesting array of landscapes.
Trees and shrubs are plentiful including white spruce, lodgepole pine,
trembling aspen, red-osier dogwood, falsebox and soopollalie.
LOCATION
This
Park is located 11 kilometres north of Quesnel on the Cariboo's Gold
Rush Trail, Highway 97.
THE
BEAVER POND TRAIL
The
Beaver Pond Trail is a 1.5 kilometre trail leading through the park's
different landscapes. After the Ice Age the massive glaciers shaved
the basalt rock into finer materials. Here on the trail you will encounter
cutbanks showing thick layers of fine clay and silt, lava and layers
of organic soil composed of rotting leaves, bark, plants and animals.
You will also see where nature's own architects have built a fifteen
metre long and five metre high dam. You may even be lucky enough to
find them doing repairs! Also keep your eyes open for the many species
of birds and water fowl living here.
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PARK
FACILITIES & ACTIVITIES
Camping
- The Park's two campgrounds total 142 sites and 22 pull-throughs
at the Overflow. Each site is near toilets, water and wood. This campground
also provides a telephone and showers. A sani-station is located on
the campground access road.
Day
use facilities - Located at the Day Use Area are picnic tables,
a covered shelter, 3 long sandy beaches and changehouses. Also found
is an adventure playground and horseshoe pits. Ten kilometres of
hiking trails are found within the park, some of them doubling as
cross-country ski trails during the winter.
Boating
and Fishing - A boat launching ramp is accessed beside the Lakeside
Campground entrance. Water skiing and canoeing are popular water
activities at Ten Mile. The rainbow trout is abundant in the lake.
Try your luck in the spring or in the evening throughout the summer.
During
the early 1900's Ten Mile was a mile post for the Pacific Great Eastern
Railway. Relocation was necessary because of the potential difficulties
in crossing the Cottonwood River but today there is still evidence of
this abandoned railway in the Park. 
LOCATION
