| Kekuli
Bay Provincial Park is a hillside
grassland park on the western shores of Kalamalka Lake located
south of the community of Vernon, BC in the North Okanagan Valley.
The activities enjoyed in the provincial park include birdwatching,
hiking, canoeing, fishing, boating, camping, swimming and water
skiing.
Kekuli Bay Provincial Park covers over 57 hectares
and was established in 1990. The grassland park is wide open with
little tree cover. The lower hillside of the park is a campground
dedicated to campers, tenters and RVs. The campsites include picnic
tables, fire pits and provide little shade therefore are exposed
to the sun.
The campground is, especially, popular for boating,
fishing and canoeing because of the paved boat launch located
in the park, the long pier for launching a boat and the large
gravel parking lot designated for boat trailers. The campground
amenities include showers, power and flush toilets.
At the bottom of the hill, near the entrance,
to the Kekuli Bay Park is a day use area with beautiful views
and grass lawns. There are four picnic tables and a children's
playground in the day use area. From the day use area there are
views of Kalamalka Lake, the pier and the boat launch.
In the park is a 2.5 kilometre earthy-gravel
walking path touring the grounds of the park. The path explores
the grassland hills providing views of the valley and lake. Along
the walking path is a few viewing benches.
The Kekuli Bay Provincial is an easy access park
located in a valley below Highway #97. From the highway it is
possible to see the rows of RVs in the campground. It is important
to note that an active railway runs through the park. So at scheduled
times it can get loud with trains chugging on by.
How to Get to Kekuli
Bay Provincial Park:
Travel Highway #97 towards the community of Vernon,
BC in the North Okanagan Valley. 11 kilometres prior to entering
Vernon there is a directional sign on Highway #97 pointing to
the road leading down to the Kekuli Bay Provincial Park.
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