Churn Creek Protected Area/Empire Valley Located in the Thompson Okanagan

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Churn Creek Protected Area/Empire Valley

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The Churn Creek Protected Area is 36,100 hectares of bunchgrass and pine and fir forests. It has a rich history of First Nations People, packers, miners and industrious Chinese, whose ditch work can still be seen today. Ranching has been going on here since the early 1860's. Since 1998, it has included the Empire Valley Ranch, a family operated cattle ranch, within the Protected area. There is camping at the Calving Barn which includes a pit toilet, corrals and a spring approximately 150 yards from the campsite. The spring has been known to go dry, but there is a pump at the Ranch Headquarters Day Use area, 4 km from the Calving Barn. Another thing to note is that hay is to be purchased from the Empire Valley Ranch to avoid the introduction of weeds and non native grasses.
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Roads extremely slippery when wet - see Rose Schroeder's story on the BCHBC trails site. For more information and important visitor updates visit the BC Parks website .
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The Churn Creek Protected Area is a remote area, north and west of Clinton B.C. It is reached by following the Meadow Lake Road, 70km west, out to the Fraser River, crossing the river on the metal bridge and taking the left fork to Empire Valley (right fork goes to the Gang Ranch).

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Ruth Donald

More on Churn Creek posted on: 09 / 17 / 2010

Visit the Horse Camping Sites page for more info, and a link to Rose Schroeder's article with photos.

Rose Schroeder

Churn Creek/Empire Valley posted on: 09 / 11 / 2009

take a good topo map. Trails are not marked, most are cattle paths or sheep trails, old logging and mining roads. Instead of hauling water all the way from the ranch, if the spring is dry there is a good watering trough up on the hill across from camp back to the north.

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