CampHostJobsCartwright Lake Recreation Site
Near Invermere, 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 Cartwright Lake
The most popular and largest of the 'Cartwright Lakes'. The lake is over one kilometre long with a shoreline of mature pine and fir. It's deep and cold, but swimming is possible. There are two main campsites - Cartwright West and Cartwright North. Both are busy throughout the summer camping season. Check for altered fishing regulations.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 18 campsites
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Invermere, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1980
- Location
- 50.81316, -116.4315
- Site ID
- REC2021
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
Car accessible, about 24 kilometres west of Brisco (Highway 95). Drive west on Bugaboo Forest Service Road and turn south at km 1.5 onto Leadqueen Forest Service Road for 6 kilometres.
Alternate Route: 55 kilometres north of Invermere via Westside and Leadqueen road. Turn west at km 41.5 junction. Use caution due to logging truck traffic.
Note: Separate roads access the north and west campsites.
Boat engine power restriction of 7 kW.
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 Cartwright Lake:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 87 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 118 km away
- Park Maintenance Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 118 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Cleland Lake 3 km, 5 campsites
- Jade Lake 3 km, 1 campsite
- Cub Lake 4 km, 1 campsite
- Bigfish (Dunbar) Lake 4 km, 4 campsites
- Botts Lake 5 km, 1 campsite
- Twin (Fish) Lakes 6 km, 2 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.