Rock Creek Visitor Centre - British Columbia
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N 49° 03.350 W 118° 59.801
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Rock Creek Visitor Centre is just off the Crowsnest Hwy./Hwy.3 and Victoria Street.
Waymark Code: WM116HX
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 08/25/2019
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Rock Creek is best known for their annual Fall Fair, ongoing since 1946. Over the years the Rock Creek Fall Fair has grown to become the second largest agricultural fair in the British Columbia interior.This is actually quite an impressive feat for a community as small as Rock Creek, with a population somewhere under 400.
The Rock Creek Visitor Centre is a small building just off the highway. This most interesting bike tender is to the right near the entrance. It will hold about 3 bicycles and is made of welded steel with implements attached: old shovel head, small train, railway spikes, tin snips and an assortment of pulleys and other items.
When we were there the visitor centre's door was open but no one was there. Not sure if it is staffed or if we might have just missed them. There is a sign that says "Come in We're Open" Inside are bookcases with local information and maps. There are several maps and historical pictures hanging on the walls. Just as you enter to the right is a guestbook.
Rock Creek is rich in mining history and offers visitors a glimpse into the past. Rock Creek offers walking and biking trails, riverside camping and fishing.
The gold rushes began at Rock Creek in 1859 and throughout the area over the next 10 years. With the sudden influx of more than 5,000 miners, Governor James Douglas quickly ordered the rapid construction of the now famous Dewdney Trail to ensure British dominion over the area.