Rock Creek Visitor Centre - British Columbia
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N 49° 03.352 W 118° 59.803
11U E 354122 N 5435587
Rock Creek Visitor Centre is just off the Crowsnest Hwy./Hwy.3 and Victoria Street.
Waymark Code: WM116JE
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 08/25/2019
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Rock Creek is best known for their annual Fall Fair since 1946. Over the years 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. When we were there the door was opened and no one was there. There is a sign that says "Come in We're Open". Not sure if it is staffed or we could have just missed them. There are bookcases with local information and maps. There are several maps and historical pictured hanging on the walls.
Just as you enter the visitor centre to the right is a small table with the guest book. It has a white tablecloth and also arranged are visitor information booklets and a publication. Oh, and a pair of sunglasses.
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.
Date Guest Book Was Started: 07/18/2007
Owners Name: Rock Creek Visitor Centre
Location Type: Visitors Centre/Library
Nearest Parking Spot: Not Listed
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