McDonald Creek Provincial Park — Attraction in Area K (The Arrow Lakes)

Magical! Felt almost tropical...Well maintained, very conscientious fellow campers lots of families with kids (& kids making new best friends), amazing views of the lake (try to reserve the lakeside spots you get to wake up to green and blue bands of lake color and light sand!) We were in a double spot with friends, which was perfect for us. Nice and clean, renovated (with nice-smelling cedar!) front campground reception office, clean and new outhouses, drinking water and dishwater dump stations conveniently located near most campsites, paved paths excellent for kids on bikes and rollerblades. The beach is huge!!! very soft sand beach that takes your breath away. It's almost a tropical feel. Silty, squishy sand getting in and out of the ly a soul on it and views to take yourlake. Top inch or 2 is warm water but the rest is quite cool; still, it's refreshing! See you there next time!!!!

Edit: forgot to add one small negative. You do hear the occasional car passing by on hwy6 (which wasn't busy when we were there mid-August), as the campground is not far from the road. (So aim for booking a spot far from the road). If you don't like hearing cars when camping, Blanket Creek Prov campground farther north nearer to Revelstoke is far from the road and also truly amazing (although aim for a May visit there, when the river is beautiful and wide (& before the mosquitos...

Beautiful, quite clean washrooms couldn't ask for anything better. My only suggestion being someone who is disabled that campsite 28 B the disabled campsite because at least your wheelchair can get you down close to the water. Plus it has a nice view if you're stuck in the campsite itself. And disabled people would like to get into the water as well which leads me to my second suggestion that all provincial parks need to have a wheelchair ramp that takes those of us with disabilities down to the water. We shouldn't have to pay to sit in a campground to look at the trees. You're disabled campsite that are assigned do not give you a nice Lake View. And consider the fact that a young family with a child in a wheelchair staying in any of the sites one of the parents has to be in the campsite at all times with the disabled child when the rest of the family is down at the water playing and having fun. Just because they're in a wheelchair doesn't mean they don't want to be down there laughing in that with their family or being lifted out and into the water which in itself is the best Physiotherapy those of us in...

This park is easy to find just off Hwy 6 south of Nakusp, BC. Entrance roads and campground roads are paved. There are a few electric sites and lots of sites without services. The park is laid out along the lake shore. There is a new shower/toilet building near the entrance. The beach is close to the campground with lots of sand and a modern adventure playground. There is a boat launch with a dog off leash area but the off leash area was flooded when we visited. The sandy beach extends down the lake along the campground with multiple beach trails available. Most of the beach is sandy with some shade and good wading and swimming. Dogs are allowed on the beach along the campground area but not near the playground or main beach. The electric sites have little shade, no privacy and are very close together. Unserviced sites are much larger and have better privacy and shade. Good destination park to spend a vacation. Drinking water, showers, and sani-dump all...