Nine Bay Lake Recreation Site
Near Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Run by an independent site operator under an agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Nine Bay Lake
A small, forested campsite. Boats must be portaged 200m to this scenic remote lake.
This site is popular with day anglers. It is located in close proximity to Mitten Lake.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 3 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Golden, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1994
- Location
- 50.94597, -116.54253
- Site ID
- REC2485
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
Accessible by 2wd vehicle down 20km of dirt road. Active logging road, CB radio recommended. Access is 68km north of Radium and 36km south of Golden.
From HWY 95 in Parson, turn west onto Parson River Crossing Rd. Continue straight, onto Crestbrook Main FSR (Radio controlled road use RR-3). Continue on Crestbrook Main for 6.5km then take a sharp left onto Mitten FSR, following signs for Mitten Lake. Slight left at 14km marker, signs for Mitten. Continue past Mitten Lake Recreation Site, take a left at the fork onto Nine Bay rd at the 17km marker, keep right at 18.5km to stay on Nine Bay rd and continue 2kms to Nine Bay Lake Recreation Site.
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 Nine Bay Lake:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 98 km away
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 116 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 126 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Mclean Lake 2 km, 2 campsites
- Mitten Lake 3 km, 27 campsites
- Fourteen Mile Lake 4 km, 1 campsite
- Bittern Lake 5 km, 2 campsites
- Jubilee Mountain 9 km, 2 campsites
- Wilbur Lake 12 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.