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Your Gold Panning
Trip - Camping For Fun!
by Ranger Bob
If you want a good camping vacation and want to
find gold I have just the spot for you. Princton BC was noted
for the gold found in the late 1880's. You will find Granite
city which is now a ghost town. Lots of gold and platinum was
found in the area.
To get to the gold camping ground from Vancouver
BC take the number one highway to Hope. Be sure to spend some
time exploring the area as the gold miners used hope as a jump
of point to the Caribou. As you leave hope you will that route 3
towards Manning Park. After arriving at manning park for a short
stop you are only 40 minutes to the camping site.
The park has lots to offer including a
restaurant, visitor's booth, restrooms, and park tables on green
grass for you to rest. You will find a dog play area as you turn
off the highway and enter the park it is just on the right side
as you enter. Be sure to pick up after your pet the park
supply's containers for this.
As you leave the west gate on the highway you
will find a gas station with a small store the ice cream cones
are extra large. From the west gate you are about 30 minutes to
you campsite.
This road changes from four lane to two lane as
you go down the mountain. Watch for wildlife you will see lots.
The campsite is just 30 miles away watch for the sign Elk Ridge
Outdoors on the right hand side of the road if you shoot past
the turn in there is a place to turn around just up at the next
corner but be very care for on coming traffic as you turn.
As you enter the camp road you will see a road
that goes straight and a road to your right. If you have a
smaller rig you can go straight and check in at the main house
the road is bumpy and the turn around at the house is not very
big.
If you have a large rig, take the right hand
road and follow it all the way down the side of the ridge. Note
use low gear as the road in is very steep and bumpy with some
very tight turns. In some places you will be right along the
edge of the road which goes straight down for a few hundred ft.
If your passenger is nervous get them to watch you and not the
road. This is a dirt road be aware of traffic coming up as the
road is narrow in some places.
If you are towing a car behind you motor home un
hook the car after you turn in to the main campsite road and get
your second driver to go ahead of you or drive the car down and
get a good look at the road before you take you rig down
Once down at the bottom you will find A large A
framed lodge and 6 smaller cabins which are all for rent by the
day or week. The cabins are all new as of 2004. You will find 12
sites along the river and some set back in the trees with some
out in the open. There is an over flow around the back of the
A-frame.
Amenities are primitive as they have pit
outhouses and you will only be able to get water when the
generator is running. The showers should be up and running by
2006. They have a large wood fired hot tube just above the beach
The scenery is absolutely fabulous you will find gold in various
quantities all along the river. All gold hunting must be by hand
no power equipment allowed
Good fishing is found all along the river and
the swimming is great with shallow rapids to tube on. They are
on the net at www dot elkkridgeoutdoors dot com.
About the Author
Ranger Bob has been having fun camping for years
and wants to share all his knowledge with you so be sure to
visit him at
http://www.camping-for-fun.net/
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