CampHostJobsPlacer Lake Recreation Site
Near Princeton, 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 Placer Lake
The small sub-alpine Placer Lake recreation site provides camping, hiking and fishing opportunities. Best suitable to tenters. Vehicle access is only recommended to within approximately 1.5 km of the site. From there, the access road gets rough and is only suitable for a very high centred 4 wheel drive vehicle or you could hike to the lake. Due to access, float tube/belly boat fishing is quite popular at the lake.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 2 campsites
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 4 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Princeton, British Columbia
- District
- Cascades (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1995
- Location
- 49.11312, -120.48543
- Site ID
- REC1652
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
Follow Hwy 5 south from Princeton for 39km where you will turn left onto the Placer Mtn Road. Go over the bridge and stay right at 1.5 km and 9.5 km. Do not go onto the Upper Placer Road. Turn right onto the Calcite Road at 12 km, turn left at 14km onto the Placer Bobcat Road and follow to the 19 km marker. Turn left, use 4 wheel drive, go to the 20.5 km mark. Park here and walk up the roughly 600 metre rough road to get to the campsite.
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 Placer Lake:
- Park Host, South Okanagan & Boundary Provincial Parks Quality Recreation Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 72 km away
- Park Host, Sasquatch / Chilliwack Lake / Birkenhead Lake Sea to Sky Park Services Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 92 km away
- Campground Host, Fort Langley oTENTik Camping Parks Canada - Fort Langley National Historic Site, 152 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- PLACER MOUNTAIN EMERGENCY SHELTER 10 km
- Copper Creek 10 km, 5 campsites
- Similkameen Cabin 11 km
- Garrison Lakes 19 km, 1 campsite
- Frog Hollow Emergency Shelter 32 km
- Ashnola River 33 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.