Doctor Creek Cabin Emergency Warming Shelter
Near Canal Flats, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Operated by Windermere Valley Snowmobile Society under a partnership agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Doctor Creek Cabin Emergency Warming Shelter
Cabin not be available for overnight use.
Older, log cabin renovated and maintained by the Windermere Valley Snomobile Society. Serves as a base for alpine snowmobiling and hiking opportunities. Use is on a first come basis, no reservations.
- Type
- Cabin or shelter
- Campsites
- 2 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Trail: Multi-Use
- Nearest town
- Canal Flats, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1999
- Location
- 50.01599, -116.17062
- Site ID
- REC6570
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
Follow the Doctor Creek FS Road from the Findlay Creek FS Road west of the community of Canal Flats. The Findlay Creek FS Road begins 5 kms north of Canal Flats on Hwy 93/95.
Follow the Findlay Creek FSR west of Canal Flats (off highway 93/95 at Thunder Hill Provincial Park) for 19.5km. Take a slight left and go another 16.6km. The trailhead is on the right. Doctor Creek Cabin is another 2.1km down this road.
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 Doctor Creek Cabin Emergency Warming Shelter:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 55 km away
- Campground Hosts, East Kootenay Provincial Parks EK Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 62 km away
- Park Operator (seasonal) EK Parks Ltd., 63 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Buhl Creek 12 km, 1 campsite
- Skookumchuck Creek 13 km, 2 campsites
- Engstrom's Pond 16 km, 1 campsite
- Findlay Creek 21 km, 2 campsites
- Whitetail Lake 24 km, 30 campsites
- Findlay Falls 25 km
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.