Boat Encampment

Boat Encampment
Boat Encampment is located in British Columbia
Boat Encampment
Boat Encampment
Location of Boat Encampment
in British Columbia
Coordinates: 52°06′59″N 118°26′04″W / 52.11639°N 118.43444°W / 52.11639; -118.43444
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
RegionColumbia Valley/East Kootenay
Regional DistrictColumbia-Shuswap

Boat Encampment is a ghost town in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The locality was at the tip of the Big Bend on the north shore of the Columbia River.[1] The general vicinity, on the former Big Bend Highway, was by road about 151 kilometres (94 mi) northwest of Golden and 159 kilometres (99 mi) north of Revelstoke.[2]

  1. ^ "Boat Encampment (community)". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ "Shell BC Map". www.davidrumsey.com. 1956.