Lawless (Bear) Creek is a south-flowing tributary of the Tulameen River, some 22 kilometres long, situated west and northwest of the town of Tulameen.

The lower 9 kilometres of the creek flows through a narrow deep valley, which gradually widens upstream to form a broader, more open valley. The narrow section contains shallow gravels confined to the creek bed.

At the Bear Creek occurrence some gold and minor platinum have been recovered from gravels near the mouth of the creek (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 243, page 63). One gold nugget found in 1886 weighed 585 grams (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1886, page 214).

The gravels were mined intermittently between 1886 and 1899. Estimated production for 1886 is 1800 grams. Pine Valley Explorers Ltd. conducted some development work on its placer leases in 1982.