CampHostJobsWhitetail Lake Recreation Site
Near Canal Flats, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Run by an independent site operator under an agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Whitetail Lake
A beautiful campsite along a turquoise-blue lake. Popular for fishing in the spring and fall and kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding in the summer. Most campsites offer shade and easy lake access. The first group of sites is accessible by trailers. A boat launch and day-use parking area are also provided. The second group of sites further south has only a very small trailer turn-around area.
Water-skiing is prohibited.
Whitetail Lake Recreation Site is busy during the months of May and June for trophy fishing. The fishing here is generally productive. The lake is managed for trophy fishing by the Ministry of Environment and is stocked annually with Gerrard trout and medium sized Brook Trout. Restrictions on quota and size apply. See Regulations for details.
Note: Day-use area is at lake's edge at north site.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 30 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Canal Flats, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1984
- Location
- 50.21583, -116.03242
- Site ID
- REC2182
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
Accessible by 2wd vehicle down 28km of dirt road. Active logging road, CB radio recommended. Access is 4.5km north Canal Flats and 44km south of Invermere.
From HWY 93/95 turn West onto Findlay Creek FSR (Radio controlled road use RR-1). Take the right hand fork just after the 15km marker onto Findlay-Whitetail FSR. Continue for 12.5 km, keeping right, turn right at 27.5 to Whitetail Lake Recreation Site.
Road can be rough at times.
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 Whitetail Lake:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 65 km away
- Campground Hosts, East Kootenay Provincial Parks EK Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 75 km away
- Park Operator (seasonal) EK Parks Ltd., 81 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Engstrom's Pond 9 km, 1 campsite
- Findlay Creek 11 km, 2 campsites
- Findlay Falls 15 km
- Doctor Creek Cabin Emergency Warming Shelter 24 km, 2 campsites
- Skookumchuck Creek 28 km, 2 campsites
- Buhl Creek 28 km, 1 campsite
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.