Humamilt Lake West Recreation Site
Near Scotch Creek, 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 Humamilt Lake West
Humamilt Lake West Recreation Site is a medium sized site located in the trees on the south west side of the Lake.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 6 campsites
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Scotch Creek, British Columbia
- District
- Columbia-Shuswap (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1981
- Location
- 51.29609, -119.17165
- Site ID
- REC1889
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
Use caution when accessing this site, as there is active hauling along the Seymour Main FSR and the Humamilt Lake area.
Turn off the Trans Canada Highway at Scotch Creek and continue past the town of St. Ives and onto Seymour Arm Main forest service road. Follow for 32km then watch for a junction shortly after Albas provincial park. Reset your odometer at the junction and turn left onto the secondary forest service road. At 6.5km there is a Y junction, take the left fork and immediately cross a bridge. Continue to the recreation site at 21km on your odometer.
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 Humamilt Lake West:
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 75 km away
- Campground Host, Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 129 km away
- Campground Host, Green Lake Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 141 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Stukemapten Lake 6 km, 1 campsite
- Humamilt Lake North 8 km
- Humamilt Lake East 10 km, 2 campsites
- Nellie Lake 14 km, 4 campsites
- Tsikwustum Creek South 20 km, 3 campsites
- Tsikwustum Creek North 21 km, 6 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.