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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>BEAR LAKE RECREATION INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BLKE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>ALBISTON TODD L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>8346 SOUTH VISCOUNTI DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SANDY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84093</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Former Sec., Trea and Director</otherText>
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                <value></value>
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                    <value>181633</value>
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                    <value>0.02</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares reflect a 3.5 for 1 reverse stock split effective October 23, 2006.  The previous ownership reported was 1,000,000 shares beneficially owned, which after the reverse and rounding equals 285,716 shares beneficially owned.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">181,633 shares were cancelled to the Company for an aggregate price of $4,000 pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated April 5, 2017 (the &quot;Agreement&quot;), and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on that date; the Agreement was closed and completed on April 26, 2017, at which time Mr. Albiston's resignation as an officer and director became effective.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Mr. Albiston sold 82,416 shares to a person who may be deemed to have been a related party of the Company at $0.02 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $1,648.32.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Mr. Albiston sold 6,667 shares to a former legal counsel of the Company at $0.02 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $133.34.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The Agreement required that the remaining 15,000 shares owned by Mr. Albiston be pledged to the Company for a period of 12 months under an Indemnification Escrow Agreement and an Indemnification Agreement.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The Agreement required that the remaining 15,000 shares owned by Mr. Albiston be pledged to the Company for a period of 12 months under an Indemnification Escrow Agreement and an Indemnification Agreement.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Todd Albiston</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-04-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
