CampHostJobsCairnes Creek Recreation Site
Near Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
No operator is listed in BC government records. The site may be maintained by a government contractor or by its users.
About Cairnes Creek
This site marks the start of the wilderness trail was used by generations of First Nations as a route east from the Columbia River Valley through the rugged Rocky Mountains. It served the First Nations as a route through the mountains to bison, and was a short-lived gateway for European traders to the interior of British Columbia from trading posts in the foothills of Alberta. Blocked by tribes east of the pass, the traders, led by explorer and fur trader David Thompson, found a more northerly route.
The trail connects the Blaeberry River, over Howse Pass, and to the Saskatchewan River. Recreation Sites and Trails manages from the Blaeberry to Howse Pass (11.6km), and Banff National Park manages from Howse Pass to the Saskatchewan River (26km).
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- No numbered campsites listed
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Golden, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1996
- Location
- 51.7164, -116.70944
- Site ID
- REC5055
Activities
Getting there
Use road radio and caution while travelling on active resource roads.
From the town of Golden, take Trans Canada Highway 1W and turn right at Moberly Branch Road. Turn left at Golden-Donald upper road, continue on to Oberg Johnson road, then turn left at Moberly school road. Take alsight right onto Blaeberry road and turn left to stay on Blaeberry road after you pass Redburn creek road. After 38.3km continue onto Baeberry FSR. In about 3.2km the recreation site will be on the right.
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. BC also recruits live-in fee-site operators by request for proposals on BC Bid.
Host jobs near Cairnes Creek:
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 131 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 167 km away
- Park Maintenance Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 167 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Mummery Glacier 8 km, 1 campsite
- Split Creek 24 km, 2 campsites
- Thompson Falls 28 km, 2 campsites
- Waitabit Creek 41 km, 13 campsites
- Valenciennes River 42 km, 2 campsites
- Bluewater Creek 43 km, 8 campsites
Information from Recreation Sites and Trails BC open data (BC Data Catalogue, Open Government Licence – British Columbia), retrieved 2026-10-09. Conditions change: check the official page before you travel. CampHostJobs is not affiliated with the Government of British Columbia.