Rest Areas Canada

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Crowsnest Rest Area

Highway 33 Crowsnest Highway Westbound km 835

Crowsnest Rest Area is a rest area on Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway), British Columbia. It serves westbound traffic. It has washrooms, picnic tables and bear-proof garbage bins. There is no truck parking.

At a glance

Season
Open April 1 to October 15
Washrooms
Yes
Drinking water
Not recorded
Truck parking
No
Sani-dump
Not recorded

Where it is

18 km east of Sparwood

Facilities

  • Washrooms
  • Picnic tables
  • Bear-proof bins
  • Garbage bins

Not available here

  • No truck parking

Toilet type: Pit toilets

Can I stay overnight here?

British Columbia: You may rest or sleep at a provincial rest area, but overnight camping is not permitted; the ministry discourages stays of more than eight hours.

Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →

Along Highway 3

Toward Fernie

Next stop
None recorded
Next washrooms
None recorded
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
None recorded

Toward Hope

Next stop
Sparwood Scales Rest Area 1.1 km
Next washrooms
Sparwood Scales Rest Area 1.1 km
Next drinking water on record
Kidd Creek Rest Area 226 km
Next truck parking
Olson Rest Area 31 km

Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. Rest areas on British Columbia Highway 3 →

Nearby stops

Where this information comes from

  • Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Facilities: British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Transit (data as of September 28, 2026). Open Government Licence – British Columbia
  • Directory updated September 28, 2026.

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