* Discover Kamloops Lake which is a mile wide and 18 miles long.
Canoe along the shore and experience the tranquility of the lake. We
rent a row boat, canoe and paddleboats at very reasonable rates.
* Bring your fishing boat or motor boat and boat on Kamloops Lake.
There is a boat launch at the Savona Lakeshore Park and you can tie your
boat to our wharf during the day. Marine gas is available at the Tobiano
Resort Marina located down the lake. Kamloops Lake is a great lake for water
sports. California Bighorn sheep roam the northern hillsides and come down
to the lake for water in the evening. If you are very fortunate you will see
them silhouetted against the evening sky. Or you might spot a mother bear
with her cubs. Explore the abandoned hobo shacks that dot the shore. Spend
the day on the lake and enjoy your picnic lunch or a wiener roast on a
secluded beach.
* Fish for Kamloops Trout, famous for its fight. Fishing licenses are
available at Dey's Store located in Savona. We have some basic fishing gear
for our guests' use. There are lots of small fishing lakes nearby. Tunkwa
Lake and Leighton Lake are popular stocked lakes that are half an hour from
the inn. If you would like to go fishing with a fishing guide, we can
recommend a guide for you.
* Wander along the shoreline and collect driftwood, fused
opal-agates, apple-green common opal and various shades of jasper carried
down off Savona Mountain by Durand Creek. The best time to collect rocks on
the shore is
in April and early May before the lake level begins to rise from the spring
snow melt in the mountains.
* Bike down the street on our classic cruisers to the Savona
Lakeshore Park.
*Take a short drive and hike to down to the
Savona Balancing Rock. The Balancing Rock stands fifteen minutes
east of Savona as a sentinel by the lake. Formed thousand of years ago the
Balancing Rock, also known as Coyote Rock, has withstood the storms of time.
It is visible from the highway or you may want to take the short hike down
to the rock.
*Take a short drive and explore Six Mile Lake, about fifteen minutes
away. See nature at its best--silence broken only by fish splashing,
blackbirds calling, frogs croaking and crickets chirping. You may see a
beaver swimming or a curious ground hog perched on a rock. Try casting your
fishing line from the shore.
*Pack a picnic lunch and go exploring! Here are some of the day trips that you might enjoy.
*Discover the beautiful Deadman Valley. We will lend you a copy of a great guidebook, "Backroads Explorer," so that you don't miss any interesting stops. The gravel road is well maintained and easy to follow. You will drive by the Skeetchestn Indian Reservation into a lush green valley and see hoodoos, caves, volcanic lava cliffs and rock bluffs with colors reminiscent of the Grand Canyon. Drop your fishing line into quiet streams and gurgling brooks. Travel past a chain of seven lakes to see spectacular Deadman Falls which fall into a narrow canyon 280 feet. The falls are most impressive during early summer. The Deadman Valley is a fascinating study of contrasts.
*Experience the history of Gold Country. Relive the Old West half an hour west at Hat Creek Ranch. Hat Creek House, a stopping place on the Gold Rush Trail, was established in 1861 and is the last remaining roadhouse of its type. Visit the B.X. Barn and a First Nations pit house. Tour the Victorian rooms in Hat Creek House, make a square-headed nail in the Blacksmith Shop or take a wagon ride down the original wagon road. The ranch has a fascinating collection of pioneer implements and artifacts.
While you are in the area, visit the historic town of Ashcroft, south of Hat Creek Ranch. Ashcroft was established as a railway town and freighting center. The Ashcroft Museum portrays life in the glory days between 1883 and 1916. Lunch or tea at Ashcroft Manor, another historic Roadhouse, is a relaxing stop.
On your return from Hat Creek Ranch, notice the sign for "Walhachin" and imagine a thriving English community in 1910, complete with fox hunts; acres of orchards green and lush, irrigated by water, gravity fed from a flume from Snohoosh Lake, 17 miles away. You can still see remains of the flume on the north side of the highway, west of Savona. When the men returned to England during World War I, the women left behind were unable to keep up the repairs to the flume. Without water, the orchards returned to desert. All that remains of the thriving settlement are remnants of the flumes and a few scraggly apple trees.
* Pan for gold or go rock hounding. The Macabee Fossil Beds, a 45 million year old lake bottom, are only fifteen minutes away and offer a unique opportunity to find plant, fish and insect fossils. Family Rock and Fossil Tours are guided by Rob Davis who has a passion for rocks and fossils. Guided tours include tours of Savona Mountain, Back Valley and the Northside of Kamloops Lake. Rob will also personally guide you to one of Kamloops' many scenic gold bearing creeks. He supplies safety gear, digging equipment and gold pans. Discover the geologic treasures of Savona and the Kamloops area.
* Enjoy a game of golf! Kamloops offers diverse and challenging golf experiences to golfers of all abilities. The Tobiano golf course is only 10 minutes away and is getting rave reviews from our guests. Designed by Thomas McBroom, this 18-hole championship course at Tobiano, has spectacular views of Kamloops Lake.
Other golf courses include the Aberdeen Golf Links, Mt. Paul Golf Course, Sun Rivers Golf Course, Kamloops Golf and Country Club, The Dunes, Pineridge Golf Course, Eagle Point Golf and Country Club and the Rivershore Golf Links. We're happy to help you book your tee time.
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LAKESIDE COUNTRY INN
7001 Savona Access
Road
P.O. Box 260, Savona
British Columbia, Canada
V0K 2J0
1.800.909.7434
Tel:
(250) 373-2528
Fax: (250) 373-2432