Buckley Campground - Trail, BC
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N 49° 02.339 W 117° 29.727
11U E 463789 N 5431907
It's on a large lake (Pend d'Oreille Reservoir), it has pit toilets, cheap firewood, water outlets, picnic tables, fire pits, a beach and a boat ramp. And it's FREE!
Waymark Code: WMM1BK
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/01/2014
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Buckley Campground is a service of BC Hydro, which operates Seven Mile Dam, behind which is the Pend d'Oreille Reservoir, on the shores of which is this campground. The campground is about a mile past the dam (east) on Seven Mile Dam Road. There's a sign at the turnoff. We stopped by on one of the busiest days of the year (Canada Day) and there were two campsites available, one of which was taken when we were there. It has a large day use area and the boat launch is heavily used by local boaters and fishermen. This is the nearest large body of water to Trail, BC, other than the Columbia River. It's also the best free campground we've come across yet. Though well used, it's off the beaten path, with the nearest highway about 10 km. to the west. Too, the setting is hard to beat.
Buckley Campground
Open May 16 to September 30
• Designated wheelchair accessible campsites and pit toilets
• 22 campsites – each with fire ring and picnic table
• Sandy beach
• Four pit toilets
• One water well handpump
• Gravel boat launch
• 60 metres of boarding floats
• Firewood is available for a small fee (cash only)
• Day-use and boat launch parking lots
• Information shelter
• Drinking water
The campground is named for the Buckley family, who lived on land flooded by the reservoir from 1940 until 1979.
