Semaphore Lakes Area Recreation Site
Near Pemberton, 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 Semaphore Lakes Area
Semaphore Lakes Recreation site provides excellent hiking, mountaineering and alpine camping experiences.
Unless you are above the sub alpine you must camp in a designated campsite.
There are designated sites found near each of the three lakes within the subalpine area of the site. These areas are equipped with leveled campsites, toilets and food caches.
This area is home to both Grizzly and Black Bears, always secure your food and attractants in a food cache when unattended
Fires are not permitted in the site. This is to prevent damage to White Bark Pine trees, which are a threatened species and have protected status.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 31 campsites
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Pemberton, British Columbia
- District
- Squamish (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 2024
- Location
- 50.59067, -123.01784
- Site ID
- REC266249
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
The Semaphore Lakes Trailhead is located at ~17 km. on the Hurley Forest Service Road, North west of Pemberton BC
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 Semaphore Lakes Area:
- Campground Host, Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park Sea to Sky Park Services Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 21 km away
- Campground Host, Big Bar Lake Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 116 km away
- Campground Host, Green Lake Provincial Park Shuswap Adams Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 156 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Tenquille Lake - Hawint 9 km, 9 campsites
- Sunshine Mountain 24 km
- Chain Lakes (Owl Creek) 26 km
- Upper Lillooet Campsite 26 km, 32 campsites
- Kingdom Lake 28 km, 15 campsites
- Noel Lake 29 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.