Steamboat Lake Recreation Site
Near Invermere, 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 Steamboat Lake
A small, semi-open campsite at a scenic lakefront location.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 3 campsites
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 4 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Invermere, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1980
- Location
- 50.74846, -116.29172
- Site ID
- REC2007
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
Access via Westside Road from Radium Hot Springs. At the 30.5 km mark on Westside Road turn right on to the Steamboat Mountain Forest Service Road. Pass by Halgrave Recreation Site on your left. Approximately 10 km after leaving Westside Road you will find the Steamboat Recreation Site.
Note: The road beyond Halgrave Lakes requires high clearance.
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 Steamboat Lake:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 85 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 109 km away
- Park Maintenance Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 109 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Hall Lake 2 km, 3 campsites
- Halgrave Lakes 2 km, 2 campsites
- Halfway Lake 6 km, 2 campsites
- Twin (Fish) Lakes 6 km, 2 campsites
- Botts Lake 7 km, 1 campsite
- Bigfish (Dunbar) Lake 8 km, 4 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.