Windermere Wells Recreation Site
Near Invermere, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Operated by Wildsight Invermere under a partnership agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Windermere Wells
Windermere Wells is a walk-in day use site that features a popular swimming hole and a picnic table. Opportunities for wildlife viewing in the adjacent wetland. Take the short 500m trail from the parking lot to the day use area. Fires, camping and motorized vehicles are not permitted.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- No numbered campsites listed
- Access
- Road: Motorhome
- Nearest town
- Invermere, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1999
- Location
- 50.49318, -115.893
- Site ID
- REC2003
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
Accessible by 2wd vehicle down 5kms of dirt road. Active mining road, use caution.
From HWY 93/95, turn east onto Windermere Loop Rd. Follow for 3.3km, turn left towards Westroc Mine Rd. and immediately turn right onto Westroc Mine rd (travelling East). Keep right at the fork at the 8km marker to stay on Westroc Mine rd. The Parking lot is on the left hand side just passed km marker 10.
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. Ask the operator through their website.
Host jobs near Windermere Wells:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 86 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 90 km away
- Park Maintenance Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 90 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Swansea Mountain 4 km
- Horseshoe Rapids 12 km, 3 campsites
- Lillian Lake 15 km
- Lake Enid 18 km, 3 campsites
- Cross River Canyon 18 km
- Fenwick Creek 19 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.