CampHostJobsLabour Day Lake Recreation Site
Near Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Site CLOSED due to hazardous trees.
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 Labour Day Lake
A sub-alpine lake with good fishing (Rainbow Trout) in a Cedar Hemlock forest. This site has a few walk-in campsites located along the trail. A nice hiking trail circles the lake (~6km).
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 3 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive; Trail: Non-Motorized
- Nearest town
- Port Alberni, British Columbia
- District
- Sunshine Coast/South Island (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1997
- Location
- 49.12169, -124.45279
- Site ID
- REC0468
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
From Port Alberni, take Highway 4 east toward Parksville. Just before the Alberni Summit brake check turn right onto the Cameron Connector. Once through the gate reset your odometer. At 2.6km turn left onto Cameron River Main. At 8.3 cross the bridge and stay left. At 10.1 take a right at the fork. Again at 10.5 stay right. At 12.8 drive straight. At 15.4 turn left at junction. Take the left fork at 21.7 (through red gate). At 24.1 park in a large pullout on the right. The trail begins about 50m up the road on the right hand side.
Access to Labour Day Lake Recreation Site is via privately managed roads. For information on road access and gate closures please check the following website before you travel: https://www.mosaicforests.com/access
Links
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 Labour Day Lake:
- Campground Host, Gordon Bay Provincial Park K2 Cowichan Park Services Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 37 km away
- Campground Host, Pirates Cove Marine Provincial Park RLC Park Services (BC Parks operator), 53 km away
- Campground Host, Wallace Island Marine Provincial Park RLC Park Services (BC Parks operator), 69 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Father & Son Lake 13 km, 3 campsites
- Nixon Creek 25 km, 62 campsites
- Arden Creek 26 km, 6 campsites
- Maple Grove 28 km, 83 campsites
- Pine Point Site 30 km, 60 campsites
- Flora Lake 35 km, 5 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.