Kokanee Creek Provincial Park · Kokanee Creek Park Photo: BC Parks

Kokanee Creek Provincial Park

BC Parks inside Kokanee Creek Park
Kokanee Creek Park · British Columbia

what 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…

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the basics

has wifirestroomhas hikingplaygroundhas showershas dog parkpets allowedpicnic tablesdrinking waterhas camp storehas playgroundhas boat launchhas electricitydump station on site

The campsites

RV sites
13
Longest site
32 ft
Showers
yes

Things to do nearby

Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.

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 Dump station·845 m

2 user-tagged water sources, 1 user-tagged dump station on OpenStreetMap.

what to know

Updated each morning from provincial parks and Environment Canada.

Pet-friendly
Dogs are allowed on-leash. Pick up after them; some parks have leash-length rules at the trailheads.

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.

Plus 4 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.

Data refreshed 2026-06-13. Sources: Camis reservation system + Google Places. Neighbourhood joins 10 named anchors.