Hobson Lake is the uppermost lake on the Clearwater River in east-central British Columbia, Canada. Hobson Lake is one of the six major lakes in Wells Gray Provincial Park. Hobson Lake is bordered to the east by peaks of the Cariboo Mountains which rise nearly 2000 m (6500 ft) above the lakeshore. Among these are Twin Spires and Mount Hugh Neave. The latter is the seventh highest mountain in Wells Gray Park at 2,829 m (9,281 ft). Its name recognizes a mountaineer who climbed many peaks in northern Wells Gray Park during the 1960s and 1970s. Hugh Neave made the first ascent of Wells Gray Park's third highest mountain, Garnet Peak, in 1974; it is located due east of Hobson Lake's outlet. West of Hobson Lake is the Quesnel Highland which has no named mountains near the lake.