Description
The Churn Creek Gateway Low Mobility Trail is a 450 metre packed, crushed gravel trail with a gentle grade. The trail features a unique information kiosk reflecting a Secwepem'c pithouse, complete with entrance ladder through the roof. There is also an accessible washroom and benches at the trailhead.
The trail offers a chance to view unique geographical features and connections to the human history of the area. A sacred petroglyph boulder is the trail highlight. Created by ancestors of the modern Secwepem'c (Shuswap) people, it was repatriated to the area in 2012 by the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem and High Bar First Nation.
Ongoing management of the site is provided by the Friends of Churn Creek Protected Area Society.
Location
51°31′06″N 122°17′13″W
The Churn Creek Gateway Low Mobility Trail is located where the Fraser River and Churn Creek meet, approximately sixty kilometres southeast of Williams Lake.
Directions
From the intersection of Hwy 97 and Birch Ave in One Hundred Mile House, travel north on Hway 97 for seven kilometres and turn left on Tatton Station Road. Stay on Tatton Station Road for seven kilometres and then bear left onto Helena Lake Road.
Continue on Helena Lake Road for one and a half kilometres and then turn left onto Gustafson Lake Forest Service Road. After six and a quarter kilometres continue forward on Industrial Access Road for a quarter kilometer, then make a sharp right onto 1100 Rod Forest Service Road.
After .64 kilometres Stay left onto Gustafson Lake Forest Service Road for a kilometre and then continue forward on 1100 Rod Forest Service Rd N, Gustafson Lake Forest Service Rd for sixteen and a half kilometres. Bear right and continue for another 16.7 kilometres.
Turn left and travel for nine and a half kilometres then make a sharp right and continue for four and a quarter kilometres. Continue forward on Upper Dog Creek Road for twenty-six kilometres and then turn left. Travel for 9.62 kilometres and make a sharp right.
Travel for four and a quarter kilometres and then continue forward on Upper Dog Creek Road for 26.12 kilometres. Continue forward on Dog Creek Canoe Creek Road for eight and three-quarter kilometres and turn right onto Gang Ranch Road.
Travel for 2.11 kilometres and turn right to stay on Gang Ranch Road. After three hundred metres make a sharp left to stay on Gang Ranch Road. Travel for .14 kilometres and bear right at Churn Creek Park. After nine hundred metres continue forward on Empire Valley Road for another three hundred metres. The trailhead will be on your left.