Palliser - Albert Recreation Site - # 46

Access

This attractive camping site is approximately 41 kilometres off Highway 93 via a good to excellent 2WD gravel road.  Turn off Highway 93, about 21 kilometres east of Radium Hot Springs onto Settler's Road and continue on the Palliser Forest Service Road at KM 12.   Drive with caution across the Kootenay River and follow to a T-junction at the Palliser River bridge.  Keep left and turn north onto the Albert River Road at the next junction.  The site is another 2 kilometres.  NOTE:  Logging and mining truck traffic can be expected on Settler's Road.

Alternate Access:  North-bound travelers can access the site by tasking the Kootenay Road just north of the Canal Flats village centre.  A District recreation map should be referred to for this driving route.

Characteristics and Description

This site is an excellent representative of stream-side camping in the Rockies.  Campsites are spread out among the level terraces of an open pine forest and allow for some privacy.  A number of other spots, without facilities are suitable for large trailers or overflow camping.  The transparent waters of the Alberta and Palliser rivers merge here and compliment other campsite views.  Special natural features are nearby: (1)  cascades near the Albert River bridge, 1 km north, (2)   Palliser Falls and canyon (watch footing), a short distance from km 46 on the Palliser Forest Service Road.

The recreation site serves as a good base for driving, exploring and hiking in the upper valleys of the Alberta and Palliser Rivers.

Fishing

Rainbow trout are present in both rivers.  The Palliser is silty during high water run-0ff (late June to early July).