Syringa Provincial Park — Attraction in Area J (Lower Arrow/Columbia)

A word to the disabled campers among us. We booked a stay at Syringa PP based on their description of having accessible showers and bathrooms. We soon found this to not actually be the case. I understand the shower building itself is quite new and beautiful inside but I couldn't tell you from my own experience as my wheelchair could not access it. The path is steep, unpaved and dirt. Anyone using a walker, mobility scooter or wheelchair would find it next to impossible to get to. Even someone with lesser disabilities using canes and having bad knees would have difficulty. The pit toilets which are clearly marked as accessible, are also not so as the approach is on a gravel and dirt covered slope that makes it impossible for anything with "wheels" to access. BC Parks really dropped the ball on this one. All that expense to build an "accessible" shower building that is not actually accessible to those...

Well sharing a park is a park that we have been going to for over 40 some odd years. I am now in a wheelchair most of the time and I am so disappointed that they have not put in a wheelchair ramp so those of us with disabilities can get down to the water. They need to understand that people in wheelchairs also like to be with their families down at the beach. And also have a campsite with a nice view not stuck in a campsite that surrounded by all trees that you can't even see the lake. There's a few campgrounds around this area that are doing the same thing. And for the price that you pay for a campground spot that's if you can get one because the lousy reservation system. At least give these people a nice view if I want to look at trees I can sit in my backyard...

This is our favourite local campground. I won't tell you our favourite camping spot number, but we've stayed on both the older, larger forested area, and the newer, smaller more beachy area and we like the newer area more. If you get a spot in spring your campsite might be erupting in wildflowers and if you book ahead you can camp right next to the beach.

Like most provincial parks they have plumbed bathrooms with plenty of pit toilets throughout the campground. The water is not potable so plan ahead. It's close enough to Castlegar that if you forgot something you can zip in...