25 July 2006
Champion Lakes, BC, Camping
Posted by Jeremy under: Personal; Vancouver; del.icio.us .
BC Parks - Champion Lakes Provincial Park, British Columbia
We just camped at Champion Lakes this weekend. What a beautiful spot…
The campsites are well separated from one another, by well separated I mean there was at least 60 feet of dense trees between our campsite and the next, which meant we could talk in normal voices well into the night. We really didn’t hear anyone else at all once we were in our campsite.
The two swimming beaches at Champion Lakes are amazing. There’s lots of sand, sun, and shade…and the water is like bathwater. We spent hours floating and swimming in the lake every day and that’s where I’d be right now given the opportunity.
The weather over the weekend saw highs in the mid 40’s (Celsius) and lows between 10-15 (Celsius), which meant we had great swimming weather during the day and nice cool nights for sleeping.
The town of Fruitvale is a 15-minute drive from the campsite so we were able to get ice and cold beer daily.
The campground has water faucets and flush toilets throughout. There aren’t any showers but a swim in the lake with a little biodegradable soap takes care of your shower needs.
Check out the beach:
Scott and Bridget at the beach at Champion Lakes Campground
Jeremy and Bridget at the Champion Lakes Campground Beach
(tags: camping fruitvale trail bc canada)
8 Comments so far...
Erin
Says:
28 July 2006 at 10:04 am.
awwww… looks like fun… i wanna go camping. Well we’re going Aug. 18-20 in Tofino at Crystal Cove. Pretty cool. and on Tues, we’re going across the border, i think we need to go to Olympia, WA now, so i don’t know, we won’t be staying in vancouver?
-Jer-
Says:
28 July 2006 at 11:55 am.
It was a blast! No regrets for the long drive either.
Tofino’s always a great place to camp - hope the weather works out.
Have a great trip down to the States and give us a ring if you’re going to be in the neighbourhood at all.
Liz
Says:
21 September 2006 at 11:19 pm.
Looks like a great get-away spot….will have to make the journey and check it out for myself.
Thanks for sharing you great pictures and information.
Liz
Jeremy Says:
30 July 2007 at 1:05 pm.
Nat: All the info you need about Champion Lakes camping is here:
Reservations/Price: http://www.discovercamping.ca/searchbydate.aspx
Park info: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/champion.html#parkinfo
phoeun
Says:
10 July 2008 at 12:04 pm.
how much for a site ? how far from surrey to Champion lake ?
franco
Says:
22 October 2008 at 10:51 am.
that place looks very soothing and relaxing not to mention im sure theres great fishing! It reminds me of Lake Tahoe and a little west called Sly Park where the fishing and camping is great everyone has enough space to themselves!
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