CampHostJobsCaribou Lake Recreation Site
Near Nakusp, 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 Caribou Lake
Caribou Lake is a popular fishing spot best suited to cartop boats and canoes. It is a small lake with an island, marshy shoreline and a mud bottom. The 3 tables are arranged around a semi-open area, making this a good campsite for a small group or family.
Boating restriction: electric motors only.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 3 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Nakusp, British Columbia
- District
- Kootenay-Boundary (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1992
- Location
- 50.22205, -118.03548
- Site ID
- REC2301
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
Access from Arrow Park Ferry: At the ferry terminus set your odometer. Your odometer readings will not conform to the km signs on the road. From the ferry terminus travel straight ahead on the "Lower Mosquito Road". Continue up this road for 6 km. Just after crossing the bridge over Arrow Park (Mosquito) Creek, turn right onto the "Branch 20" road. Follow this road for 3 km. At the junction with the "West Mosquito Road" continue straight ahead. Travel north on the "West Mosquito Road" for 5 km, to the "16 km" road marker. At this junction, turn left onto the road marked "Caribou Lake". Continue up this rough dirt road for 8 km. There will be a log cabin on your right. Continue straight ahead (left) to Caribou Lake. There will be 2 more forks in the next 2.3 km, at both these, stay right. You will soon see Caribou Lake on your right. The road to Caribou Lake is marked with a brown 4x4 post with white lettering.
Access from the Needles Ferry: From the Needles Rest Area at the ferry terminus, travel west on Highway 6 for 4.4 km. Turn right onto the "Whatshan Lake Road". Set your odometer. At 1.6 km turn right onto the "Whatshan Forest Service Road" also signed as the "Whatshan Access Road Revelstoke Arrow Park". At 2.5 km stay left. From here on, you will be following the east shore of Whatshan Lake for another 21.6 km to the junction with the "Stevens Road". Stay left at the junction at 14.1 km. At 15.7 km continue straight ahead. "Branch 5" at the "30 km" road marker will be passed at 17.4 km on your odometer. At 24.1 km on your odometer and take the right fork signed "Stevens Revelstoke & Arrow Park". Reset your odometer. You will pass the "23 km" road marker. Continue down "Stevens Road" for 14.8 km. Turn left onto the "West Mosquito Road". Reset your odometer. Travel 7.9 km north on the "West Mosquito Road" to the "16 km" road marker. See access notes above for the next 10.3 km to Caribou Lake.
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 Caribou Lake:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 80 km away
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 87 km away
- Campground Host, Kokanee Creek Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 95 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Larson Lake 6 km, 2 campsites
- Cameron Lake 10 km, 4 campsites
- Saddle Mountain Fire Lookout 12 km
- Mosquito Lake 13 km, 3 campsites
- Stevens Creek 16 km, 13 campsites
- Mt Abriel 16 km, 48 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.