Several streams feed the lake on the south side. Leighton also has many shallow bays, flats and 2 small islands on its east side. Both lakes offer excellent fishing. This park is 14.5 km. From Kamloops travel the Coquihalla Hwy.
Some firewood is provided with site.
There's toilet maintenance, garbage pickup and nightly security. Fishing - Tunkwa and Leighton are known as excellent fishing lakes. Tunkwa is one of the richest of the interior lakes with a huge chironomid hatch in spring. Spring and fall offer the best fishing with catches of rainbows up to 4 lbs. and better. Leighton is a fly fishers dream, with rainbows up to 4 lbs.