CampHostJobsGavin Lake Recreation Site
Near Likely, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Operated by Gavin Lake Forest Education Society under a partnership agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Gavin Lake
This is a small open area rec site with 5 designated sites and a boat launch. It is located beside the Gavin Lake Education Center, and we request users respect the centers facilities. The site is also the start of the new trail around the lake, which includes 800m of low mobility boardwalk and a bridge over the inlet creek.
Bring your Mountain Bike, the trails across the road have been expanded to include some single track bike trails.
The site also has low mobility trail and outhouse.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 5 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: Motorhome
- Nearest town
- Likely, British Columbia
- District
- Quesnel-Central Cariboo (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1997
- Location
- 52.48903, -121.71435
- Site ID
- REC2948
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
From the Likely Highway, turn South on the Gavin Lake Road, follow for 8km, turn into the Education Center, just before the center turn left towards the 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 Gavin Lake:
- Campground Host, Lac La Hache Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 70 km away
- Campground Host, Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park Silvertip Park Services Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 81 km away
- Campground Host, Green Lake Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 126 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Dorsey Lake 7 km, 3 campsites
- Jacobie Lake 7 km, 7 campsites
- Bootjack Lake 8 km, 9 campsites
- Roberts Lake 13 km, 4 campsites
- Ditch Road Hut - Gold Rush Snowmobile Trail 13 km
- Raft Creek 14 km, 9 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.