CampHostJobsPalmer Bar Lake Recreation Site
Near Cranbrook, 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 Palmer Bar Lake
A small, partially treed site on a historic mill pond. Good fishing.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 3 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Cranbrook, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain South (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1997
- Location
- 49.449, -115.92471
- Site ID
- REC2224
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
Commencing at the South end of Cranbrook, at the junction of Jim Smith Lake Road and Hwy 3/95, proceed 10.7 km south to the Lumberton Road. Turn right (West) onto the Lumberton Forest Service Road. Follow this main road along the power line. At 3.7 km, turn right at the 4x4 post marking the turn off to Palmer Bar Lake. Proceed through the rock quarry and travel 2 km, staying straight ahead at each fork. You will see the site on the left.
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 Palmer Bar Lake:
- Park Operator (seasonal) EK Parks Ltd., 13 km away
- Campground Hosts, East Kootenay Provincial Parks EK Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 29 km away
- Campground Host, Mount Fernie Provincial Park EK Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 60 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Monroe Lake 11 km, 4 campsites
- Mineral Lake 12 km, 2 campsites
- South Star Recreation Trail 13 km
- Lumberton Snowmobile Area 18 km
- Cranbrook Community Interpretive Forest 18 km
- Bootleg Mountain 23 km
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.