Otter Lake Provincial Park - Tulameen, BC
Posted by: 
gypsie2
N 49° 35.292 W 120° 46.398
10U E 660933 N 5495228
Off the beaten track, but well worth the trip.
Waymark Code: WMCW73
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 10/17/2011
Views: 3
Otter Lake Provincial Park is a smaller park (51 hectares) on Coalmont Road in the interior of BC. It has a day use area at the south end of the lake, with a lovely swimming beach and picnic grounds. The campground is about 5 km up the lake and also has a beach. The lake is popular for fishing and water-skiing as well as swimming.
The area around Otter Lake provides lots of historic interest. There are two ghost towns nearby, Granite Creek and Blakeburn. The old railbed of the Kettle Valley Railway, now part of the Trans Canada Trail, is also close by.
Park Type: day use or overnight
Activities:
camping, picnic area, swimming, fishing
Background:
nearby town of Tulameen means "red earth", so named because of the amount of ochre found here
Date Established?: unknown
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Park Fees: Not listed
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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