Rest Areas Canada

Truck rest area

Inks Lake Brake Check

Highway 55 Coquihalla Highway Northbound km 365

Inks Lake Brake Check is a truck rest area on Highway 5 (Coquihalla Highway), British Columbia. It serves northbound traffic. It has washrooms, accessible washrooms and bear-proof garbage bins. There are no picnic tables.

At a glance

Season
Open year-round
Washrooms
Yes
Drinking water
Not recorded
Truck parking
Not recorded
Sani-dump
Not recorded

Where it is

56.9 km north of Merritt

Facilities

  • Washrooms
  • Accessible washroom
  • Bear-proof bins
  • Garbage bins

Not available here

  • No picnic tables

Toilet type: Pit toilets

Open 24 hours

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.

  • This is a brake check area, where trucks stop to check their brakes before a long downgrade. Keep the truck lanes clear.

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

Along Highway 5

Toward Hope

Next stop
Clapperton Brake Check 37 km
Next washrooms
Clapperton Brake Check 37 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Zopkios Rest Area 131 km

Toward Valemount

Next washrooms
Kamloops Eastbound Brake Check 71 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Vinsulla Rest Area 65 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 5 →

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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