Wilbur Lake Recreation Site
Near Parson, 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 Wilbur Lake
A small site with a dock on a quiet fishing lake. Cartop boat launching.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 2 campsites
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Parson, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1995
- Location
- 51.00885, -116.67749
- Site ID
- REC2488
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
Accessible by 2wd vehicle with trailers down 13km of dirt road. Active logging road, CB radio recommended. Access is through the community of Parson, 68km north of Radium and 36km south of Golden.
From HWY 95 in Parson, turn west onto Parson River Crossing Rd. Continue straight, onto Crestbrook Main FSR (Radio controlled road use RR-3). Continue on Crestbrook Main to Wilbur Lake Recreation Site on the right hand side, just before km marker 12. The last 500 meters down to the rec site can be rough.
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 Wilbur Lake:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 103 km away
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 107 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 136 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Bittern Lake 6 km, 2 campsites
- Rocky Point Lake 7 km, 1 campsite
- Three Island Lake 8 km, 1 campsite
- Fourteen Mile Lake 9 km, 1 campsite
- Mitten Lake 9 km, 27 campsites
- Summit Lake 9 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.