Region:
Southern Lakes
Registration required:
Yes
Total sites:
16
Pull through:
4
Serviced:
May 12 to October 2, 2023
Gate open:
May 12 to October 2, 2023
Site description:
- On the shore of Squanga Lake.
- Has 2 floating docks.
- One of the few Yukon lakes where Squanga Pygmy Whitefish live.
- The Tagish and Tlingit names, Desgwąąge Méné and Dasgwaranga Áayî*, mean "Whitefish Lake."
- Watch quietly at dusk to see Little Brown Bats leave the bat house to hunt mosquitoes.
- Keep an eye out for a pair of Osprey who nest nearby and dive for fish in the lake.
Campground peak times:
May
June
July
August
September
Location
Highway:
Alaska Highway
Highway kilometre:
1316.0
GPS coordinates:
60.445°N 133.603°W
Map download:
Squanga Lake Campground map (201.55 KB)
Services available
Outhouse unisex
Bear proof garbage bins
Blue bear-proof recycling bins
Picnic tables
Cook shelter
Fire ring
Bear proof cache
Boat launch
Boat dock
At least one wheelchair accessible outhouse
At least one wheelchair accessible campsite
Hand pump or water tank provided
Viewing structures or signage about local cultural and natural history
Tent pads or sites available via walking trail