CampHostJobsSanta Rosa Ck Recreation Site
Near Grand Forks, 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 Santa Rosa Ck
The Santa Rosa Creek Recreation Site is located on the historic Dewdney Trail. In 1864 Edgar Dewdney blazed his trail from Christina Lake to the Columbia River, over the rugged Cascade Mountains. He was surveying a Canadian route from Hope to the gold fields of Wild Horse Creek. Much of his original trail became Highway 3. This portion of Dewdney's trail was abandoned in favour of a more northerly route for the highway, but has continued to serve the more adventuresome backroads travellers, and the logging and farming industries of the area.
The Santa Rosa Recreation Site is located in a shady, cool, cedar grove adjacent to Santa Rosa Creek. It is an ideal base camp for exploring the original Dewdney Trail by foot or horse.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 1 campsite
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Grand Forks, British Columbia
- District
- Kootenay-Boundary (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1998
- Location
- 49.01908, -117.98504
- Site ID
- REC2144
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
From the junction of Highway 3B and 22, at the Le Roi Mine Museum in Rossland, travel 0.4 km south on Highway 22. Turn right onto the "Old Cascade Highway", across from the Rossland Motel. Follow this good 2 wheel drive gravel road up over Record Ridge and down into the Big Sheep Creek Valley. A bridge at 24.3 km will take you across Big Sheep Creek. Stay straight ahead on the "Santa Rosa Forest Service Road". It is 3.4 km to the recreation site. This section of the road is rougher, but still passable in a 2 wheel drive vehicle.
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 Santa Rosa Ck:
- Campground Host, Christina Lake Provincial Park Quality Recreation Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 17 km away
- Campground Host, Champion Lakes Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 32 km away
- Campground Host, Syringa Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 39 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Big Sheep Ck 8 km, 1 campsite
- Trout Creek 9 km
- Rossland Range 15 km
- Old Glory Lookout 15 km
- Blackjack Cross Country 17 km, 4 campsites
- Murphy Creek 20 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.