Photo: BC Parks Kokanee Creek Provincial Park
BC Parks inside Kokanee Creek Parkwhat to expect
With over a kilometre of sandy beaches and four campgrounds, Kokanee Creek Park has provincial significance and is the number one choice for tourists’ coming to the West Kootenays. There is always lots to do with an adventure playground, visitor centre, spawning channel, boat launch, group camp site, viewing platform, hiking trails, and a marina nearby. Want more? All within an hour’s drive you can explore historic Nelson, Ainsworth Hot Springs, Balfour Golf Club, Kaslo with the SS Moyie stern wheeler, and finally Kokanee Glacier Park. Discover south central B.C. but save some time for Kokanee Creek Park. If you don’t, you’re going to wish you did. Special Features Kokanee Creek canyon and old-growth western cedar and grand fir. Kokanee Spawning channel and viewing platform. Redfish run i…
Description: BC Parks
the basics
The campsites
Things to do nearby
Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.
- Canyon Lookout
Plus 2 user-tagged boat launches on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.
What's around
Kokanee Creek Provincial Park plus 2 named places to see and do nearby — trails, beaches, viewpoints, water, and services.
Water + services
- dump station node/6699411681
2 user-tagged water sources, 1 user-tagged dump station on OpenStreetMap.
what to know
Updated each morning from provincial parks and Environment Canada.
what to bring
This list adapts to Kokanee Creek Provincial Park. no showers means a travel towel;
If Kokanee Creek Provincial Park is full
Other places to stay within 25 km.
- Friends Campground And Day Use
- Redfish Campground
- Sandspit Campground
- Group Campground
- The Watershed Campground
- Nelson RV Park & Marina
- Birch Grove Camp Ground
- Balfour RV Resort & Marina
Plus 4 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.