Eternal Fountain Recreation Site
Near Port McNeill, 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 Eternal Fountain
A day use site located along the Alice Lake Loop, the Eternal Fountain is a stream resurgence waterfall that flows into a swallet (a stream sinking into a separate cave below the waterfall). There is a short trail within this site that winds its way through a second growth forest with areas to view karst features such as dolines, swallets, disappearing and reappearing streams. For your safety, please stay on the trails.
Park at the Eternal Fountain sign and walk past the gate to the trail head.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- No numbered campsites listed
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Port McNeill, British Columbia
- District
- Discovery Coast (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 2019
- Location
- 50.42429, -127.33889
- Site ID
- REC16046
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
Heading north on Hwy 19, drive past the turnoff to Port McNeill until you come to the junction of the West Mainline. Turn left onto the mainline and follow the road to the main Alice Lake Loop kiosk. Beyond the kiosk, follow the directional signs to Eternal Fountain.
The roads you will be traveling on are active industrial logging roads. Please use caution.
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 Eternal Fountain:
- Nismaqin Guardian & On-Site Park Operator (2 positions) Ahous Business Corporation / Maaqutusiis Hahoulthee Stewardship Society (Wahous Wilderness Lodge), 140 km away
- Park Host, North Vancouver Island Provincial Parks Quality Recreation Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 172 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Devils Bath 4 km
- Kathleen Lake 6 km, 1 campsite
- Spruce Bay 9 km, 5 campsites
- Three Isle Lake 9 km, 1 campsite
- Maynard Lake 10 km, 2 campsites
- Marble River 13 km, 35 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.