Gorge Creek Recreation Site
Near Malakwa, British Columbia, Canada
The Gorge Creek Trail is currently CLOSED until further notice due to public safety concerns. Numerous dangerous trees stand in the trail corridor, the bridge over the creek is out due to spring flood damage, also of concern is the safety risk of crossing the Trans Canada Highway to access the trail head. Please do not cross the highway to the trail. We endeavor to address these safety concerns and reopen the trail in the future.
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 Gorge Creek
The Gorge creek trail is a short little steep trail that makes a 1600 meter loop along the north and south banks of Gorge creek. The loop provides access to three different waterfalls.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- No numbered campsites listed
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: Motorhome
- Nearest town
- Malakwa, British Columbia
- District
- Columbia-Shuswap (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1992
- Location
- 50.97449, -118.73924
- Site ID
- REC1923
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
The trail head is across the Trans Canada Highway from the Last Spike historic site. At the monument go up the paved walk way. Be extremely careful when crossing the Trans Canada Highway.
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 Gorge Creek:
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 38 km away
- Campground Host, Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 134 km away
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 161 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Queest Mountain South 9 km, 1 campsite
- Queest Emergency Shelter 10 km
- Cummins Lake 14 km, 1 campsite
- Eagle Pass Ridge 17 km
- Cache Cabin 18 km
- Wap Lake West 18 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.