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Have you been search­ing for a peace­ful, out­door retreat for the entire fam­ily to enjoy? Do you want to relax in lux­ury on a lake with breath­tak­ing views with all the ameni­ties you could dream of? Otter Lake Cab­ins (www.otterlakecabins.ca) on Otter Lake in the beau­ti­ful British Colum­bia wilder­ness is the place you’ve been look­ing for.

Beau­ti­ful, pris­tine and pic­turesque Otter Lake is nes­tled in the Sim­ilka­meen Val­ley in the south west Okana­gan by the small, his­toric town of Tulameen, British Colum­bia. The com­mu­nity of Tulameen is in the Tulameen Val­ley which is located approx­i­mately 3.5 hours east of Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia. Otter Lake is about 4.5 kilo­me­ters long and fed by fresh moun­tain run-off and nat­ural spring water.

Located on the east end of the lake is Otter Lake Provin­cial Park sur­rounded by the Cas­cade Moun­tain Range. Large num­bers of otter, beaver and red squir­rel inhabit the area, as well as, moun­tain goats, cougars and griz­zly bears. This very pop­u­lar lake cov­ers about 290 hectares (716 acres) at an ele­va­tion of 823 m (2700 ft.)

Tulameen, an his­toric gold, plat­inum, and coal min­ing town, has long been one of British Columbia’s pop­u­lar recre­ational areas, offer­ing hik­ing, fish­ing, canoe­ing, tub­ing, swim­ming, water-skiing, cross-country ski­ing, gold pan­ning, horse back rid­ing, ATV-ing, ice-skating, snow mobil­ing and many other activ­i­ties for both the sum­mer and win­ter out­door enthu­si­asts. Com­mon species of fresh­wa­ter fish that can be found in the lake are Koka­nee, Largescale Sucker, North­ern Pikeminnow (for­merly N. Squaw­fish), Steel­head and Tor­rent Sculpin. A scenic 2 hour bike ride will take you around the lake along the Trans Canada Trail. Once your trip is done you can stop in at the quaint Tulameen Gen­eral Store for an ice-cream or other refresh­ments.

Other ameni­ties also include: a restau­rant, post office, liquor store, video rentals, bike rentals (Cross­roads Bike Rentals), com­mu­nity cen­tre, out­door skat­ing rink, library, vol­un­teer fire depart­ment, and ski­doo dealer & repair cen­tre.

The com­mu­nity of Tulameen and the Tulameen River derive their name from a Thomp­son Indian word mean­ing ‘red earth’. A steep bank of the Tulameen River of about four miles north of Prince­ton was the source of the much-prized red ochre for which the Indi­ans trav­elled from great dis­tances to get. The set­tle­ment of Tulameen was ear­lier known as Campe­ment des Femmes, or Otter Flat. It sits between the east­ern bank of the Tulameen River and the South­ern end of Otter Lake. There are about 250 res­i­dents here but this num­ber grows in the sum­mer months.

There are many beau­ti­ful rental homes and cab­ins along the shores of Otter Lake. Some of the most pop­u­lar, beau­ti­ful and lux­u­ri­ous are Otter Lake Cab­ins (www.otterlakecabins.ca). Are you look­ing for a relax­ing, lake­side retreat for the entire fam­ily? Book your lux­u­ri­ous cabin vaca­tion now and learn more about Otter Lake Cab­ins, Otter Lake, Tulameen and the sur­round­ing his­tor­i­cal sites at (http://www.otterlakecabins.ca)