For more than 60 years, Tsylos Park Lodge—founded by the McLean family—has been a place where families, friends, and adventurers return year after year to unplug, reconnect, and create memories that last a lifetime. This season, we hold especially close the legacy of Karen McLean—our sister, friend, aunt, and gracious hostess—who passed in 2025. Her warmth, generosity, and unwavering commitment to doing things the right way helped shape Tsylos into the home‑away‑from‑home it has become for so many.
Today, the McLean family continues to be guided and supported by a long line of devoted relatives who share that same deep love for this extraordinary place. With the spirit of Karen, Bud, and Corrine in our hearts, we remain dedicated to caring for Tsylos Park Lodge with the same hospitality, stewardship, and genuine passion they instilled in all of us. With Karen’s siblings—Nancy, Larry, and Janey—as owners, along with their children—Kalin, Jerica, Lauren and Michael and with the support of new management stepping forward, our promise remains unchanged: the traditions you love, the honest service you trust, and the timeless beauty of Tsylos Park Lodge will continue to be carried forward with care and respect.
Tsylos acknowledges we have the privilege to live and work on the Traditional Lands of the Tsilhqot’in People.
Chilko Lake is one of British Columbia’s most iconic wilderness destinations—the highest-elevation, largest natural freshwater lake in Canada above 1,000 m, stretching about 65 km long and up to 5 km wide, with depths reaching around 366 m in places. Fed by glaciers and backed by rugged, snow-covered peaks of B.C.’s Coast Mountain Range, its cold turquoise waters are renowned for powerful, native Rainbow and Bull Trout that draw accomplished fly fishermen from around the world. The sheer scale and rawness of the landscape—broad water framed by soaring mountains—evoke the remote beauty of Patagonia, Alaska, and New Zealand, where wilderness still dominates. At Chilko, grizzly bears, wolves, moose, and eagles aren’t just possibilities; they are part of the natural rhythm that makes every cast and every shoreline exploration feel alive and true.
Beyond the lake, the greater Chilcotin region opens into sweeping grasslands, river valleys, and high mountain plateaus that echo the scale and wildlife diversity of Yellowstone—only quieter and far less traveled. This is country built for long days on horseback, renowned fly fishing, and exceptional grizzly bear viewing in truly wild settings. For anglers, riders, and wildlife enthusiasts seeking the grandeur of Patagonia, the wildness of Alaska, or the open scale of Yellowstone without crowds or infrastructure, the Chilcotin, anchored by Chilko Lake, offers a rare and unforgettable wilderness experience: vast, unspoiled, and utterly unforgettable.
