Discover Atlin and Moore House
Travelogue for Warm Bay Road Atlin BC Canada 2007
Distances are calculated from the north end of Warm Bay Road, at the intersection of Discovery Avenue. All distances are approximate.
Km Landmark
0.5 Slow to 30 km during school days from 8:30am to 5:00pm. Atlin School is on the left – Headstart, Kindergarten to Grade 12 offered.
2.5 entrance to Pine Creek Subdivision on left
2.8 entrance at right to Gary Hill - guided fishing trips and taxidermy
3.0 Slow to 20 km at Pine Creek Bridge.
3.1 Pine Creek Campground on right. Camping sites for tents and small RV’s; some pull-through sites on upper portion; some walk-in tent sites on the downhill portion overlooking Pine Creek. Picnic tables, outhouses,fire pits; some firewood available; no water, no plumbing, no electricity, no telephone service. Cost is $5.00 per night payable at any business in town. Please practice bear-safe, fire-safe, no-trace camping techniques. In general, campground is user-maintained. Volunteers from the Atlin Board of Trade maintain the campground once a week. Many supplies and equipment are donated. If you’d keep your own site and the public areas clean, it would be much appreciated.
4.0 Monarch Mountain Road on left, leads to Moore House B&B and Discover Atlin, uphill and to the left; and Atlin Centre for the Arts/ Atlin Quest, uphill at the end of the road.
4.3 Parking lot on the right for Monarch Mountain Trail, uphill to the left; Pine Creek Beach, downhill to the right.
4.8 Drinking water spring
5.0 Slow to 20 km at Suicide Hill and gravel pit. Stay right.
9.2 Taxgoon Road – entry to Five Mile Reserve
12.2 Lookout for Llewellyn Glacier
12.4 Sidka Tours – uphill to the left
13.2 to 16.3 Slow – road is curvy and has steep grades up and down. Stay right.
16.3 McKee Creek – site of hydraulic gold mining up to 1970’s. Note the erosion of the banks.
20.0 Palmer Lake sign for BC Forest Service – small area for overnight camping, user-maintained, pike fishing, swimming, wildlife viewing. Canoes and kayaks are ideal here.
23.3 Warm Bay sign for BC Forest Service – lakeside area for overnight camping, user-maintained, wildlife viewing, too cold to swim. Canoes and kayaks are ideal here along the shore. Note: Warm Bay is called that because outflow from the Warm Springs flows into Warm Bay, raising the temperature slightly.
24.0 Residence at right is Warm Springs Homestead – organic farm; greenhouses have warm springs running through them; this extends the season beyond the usual 61 growing days per year which is typical in Atlin.
24.3 Warm Springs entrance at left – Look for a tiny sign with yellow letters at the right side of the road. Picnic area, no overnight camping (Warm Bay and Grotto campsites are nearby.) Treat the Warm Springs pool with respect. Use the outhouses provided. This pond is not a bathtub – no soaps or shampoos please! Soaps cause algae buildup and contamination of the water. Use at your own risk. If you’d like to take some watercress home for dinner, go to the Grotto and pick it from the cold fast-runnng water.
27.1 Grotto sign for BC Forest Service - overnight camping, user-maintained, wildlife viewing, watercress at coldwater.
Travelogue for Warm Bay Road is copyright of Carolyn Moore. Copies are available at the Atlin Museum, courtesy of the Atlin Historical Society.
