Emory Creek Park is 18 kilometres north of Hope on Highway 1, near the Fraser River and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. BC Parks says the closest communities are Hope and Yale.
The park is cooperatively managed by a community, society, or other partner, so services and facilities may differ from other BC Parks.
Emory Creek is an accessible Fraser Canyon campground with fishing, road cycling, and a strong history story. BC Parks lists frontcountry camping reservations, fishing opportunities, and bicycles on roadways, with e-bikes restricted to park roads and areas where motorized use is permitted.
The history is unusually detailed for a small park. In 1858, Emory Creek was a tent and shack camp for miners searching for gold. The area later passed to the Oppenheimer Brothers, and in 1879 it was chosen by the Canadian Pacific Railway as the western terminus.
BC Parks says the town once had thirteen streets, its own newspaper, shops, a brewery, nine saloons, and a sawmill. When Yale became the terminus, Emory was almost abandoned by 1885 after the railway was completed. Today it is an easily accessible treed campground with paved roads and flush outhouses.
Plan around frontcountry camping, Fraser River fishing with the required licence, campground history, road cycling, Hope-to-Yale travel stops, railway corridor awareness, and quiet time in a treed campground.
Use caution around the Fraser River, which can have extreme water levels and velocities during spring and summer runoff. Keep pets leashed, avoid uninsured or unlicensed vehicle use in the park, and remember the park sits beside the railway mainline.
