Aircraft Restrictions in BC Park and Protected Areas
The following table is extracted from B.C. Reg 180/90 "Park, Conservancy and Recreation Area Regulation", current as of March 2019. The full text of the regulations can be found at this link.
This table should be taken as the list of parks and protected areas in BC where aircraft use is prohibited, except as provided by column 2. The seasonal pre-authorizations that be obtained for BCFA members through this site under the Partnership Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding between BC Parks and the BC Floatplane Association constitute "with prior authorization from a park officer" for the specific lakes requested, and no others.
A "park use permit" is not the same as "prior authorization from a park officer" and is generally for commercial purposes.
Note that Canadian National Parks are subject to different regulations and generally prohibit aircraft landings, except in emergencies.
From the BC Park Act:
Aircraft
27 (1) Subject to the Act and this section, a person may use an aircraft to arrive at or depart from a park, conservancy or recreation area.
(2) A person must not use an aircraft to arrive at or depart from parks or parts of parks that are set out in Column 1 of Schedule A, except as may be provided for in the same row in Column 2 of that schedule.
Schedule A, Prohibition of Aircraft Arrivals and Departures and Exceptions
| Column 1 Areas of Prohibited Aircraft Arrival/Departure | Column 2 Exceptions |
| Akamina-Kishinena Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Bowron Lake Park | north of GPS coordinate N5900416 (north of 53° 01' 07.4") on Bowron Lake |
| Brooks Peninsula Park other than Columbia Cove and Klaskish Anchorage | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Bugaboo Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Cape Scott Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Cathedral Park | (a) from December 1 to March 31, at or from Lake of the Woods, Quiniscoe Lake, Glacier Lake, Pyramid Lake or Ladyslipper Lake, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Cummins Lakes Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| E. C. Manning Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Elk Lakes Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Garibaldi Park | with prior authorization from a park officer |
| Goat Range Park | with prior authorization from a park officer |
| Height of the Rockies Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Cecilia Lake at Kakwa Park | with prior authorization from a park officer |
| Khutzeymateen Park | (a) at or from Ryan Lake but only with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Kianuko Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Kokanee Glacier Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Lava Forks Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Mitlenatch Island Nature Park | [no exceptions] |
| Monashee Park other than Peters Lake | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Mount Assiniboine Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Buckley Lake, Mowchilla Lake, Little Ball Lake and Little Arctic Lake at Mount Edziza Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Lava flows (on the Kitsu Plateau situated south-southwest of Raspberry Pass) at Mount Edziza Park, from an elevation of 5 500 feet or higher | [no exceptions] |
| Mount Robson Park other than Moose Lake | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| St. Mary's Alpine Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Schoen Lake Park | [no exceptions] |
| Happy Lake, Metsantan Lake, the unnamed lake west of Tuaton Mountain (Map Sheet 104H/8 UTM 481-489), the unnamed lake west of Buckinghorse Lake (Map Sheet 104H/17 UTM 241-498) and the Spatsizi River above Hyland Post at Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park | [no exceptions] |
| Strathcona Park other than Buttle Lake, Gold Lake, Great Central Lake, Megin Lake or Upper Campbell Lake | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Swan Lake Kispiox River Park other than Footsore Lake, Swordgrass Lake, Swan Lake and Brown Bear Lake | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Tantalus Park other than Lake Lovely Water | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Hoy Lake and the unnamed lake southwest of Kitchener Lake (Map Sheet 104E/17 UTM 241-498) at Tatlatui Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Tetrahedron Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Top of the World Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Fenton Lake, Kidney Lake, Vista Lake and Widgeon Lake at Tweedsmuir Park | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Junker Lake at Tweedsmuir Park | (a) on Saturdays and Sundays from May 1 to September 15 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., (b) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (c) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Valhalla Park other than Avis Lake, Demers Lake and Evans Lake | (a) with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| Wells Gray Park other than Clearwater Lake and Mahood Lake | (a) at or from Azure Lake, Hobson Lake or McDougall Lake, but only with prior authorization from a park officer, or (b) as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| West Arm Park | as authorized by a valid and subsisting park use permit |
| White Pelican Park | at or from Stum Lake but only with prior authorization from a park officer |