Your Guide to Turtle Valley & Environs
Sightseeing
Pebble beach, great swimming with extensive walking trails that are very accessible to horses. Campground available.
Skimikin Lake
Pebble beach, great swimming with extensive walking trails that are very accessible to horses. Campground available.
Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge
7877 Skimikin RdGreat fishing and a steep 15 minute hike to the pillar for which the lake's named.
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Pillar Lake
Great fishing and a steep 15 minute hike to the pillar for which the lake's named.
30 minutes away off Tappen on Sunnybrae-Canoe Road. Short and easy hike for kids and older folks alike and very pretty on forested trail
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Margaret Falls
Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Road30 minutes away off Tappen on Sunnybrae-Canoe Road. Short and easy hike for kids and older folks alike and very pretty on forested trail
Food scene
Wonderful family-run winery just a few kilometres from cabin. Great for a picnic; buy a bottle of chilled wine and some cheese from the friendly owners and enjoy yourself in the sunshine
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Recline Ridge Vineyard & Winery
2640 Skimikin Lake RdWonderful family-run winery just a few kilometres from cabin. Great for a picnic; buy a bottle of chilled wine and some cheese from the friendly owners and enjoy yourself in the sunshine
U-Thi Sushi & Grill
718 Shuswap AvenueFantastic sushi in Chase, 25 minutes away.
City/town information
30 minutes away, Salmon Arm is small enough to be quaint, and large enough to carry many of the larger stores (Walmart, Canadian Tire, Save-On, No-Frills Grocer) and some great restaurants (Shuswap Pie Company for delicious fruit and savory pies - eat in or take away, Namaste for Indian, or Bailey's Pub, to mention just a few).
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Salmon Arm
30 minutes away, Salmon Arm is small enough to be quaint, and large enough to carry many of the larger stores (Walmart, Canadian Tire, Save-On, No-Frills Grocer) and some great restaurants (Shuswap Pie Company for delicious fruit and savory pies - eat in or take away, Namaste for Indian, or Bailey's Pub, to mention just a few).
Just 25 minutes away, the small village of Chase on Little Shuswap Lake has a friendly library, a few good restaurants (U-Thi Sushi & Grill is our new favourite), a fantastic ice-cream shop carrying unique gifts.
Chase
Just 25 minutes away, the small village of Chase on Little Shuswap Lake has a friendly library, a few good restaurants (U-Thi Sushi & Grill is our new favourite), a fantastic ice-cream shop carrying unique gifts.
20 minutes away, Sorrento is a small village on the larger Shuswap Lake with a good pub. The local IDA drugstore carries great giftware.
Sorrento
20 minutes away, Sorrento is a small village on the larger Shuswap Lake with a good pub. The local IDA drugstore carries great giftware.
50 minutes away, the university town of Kamloops has all the amenities you will need - a big hospital (though a smaller one is closer in Salmon Arm), umteen great restaurants, malls and Big Box stores (Costco), beautiful Riverside Park and its extensive walking trail and beach, and Kenna Cartwright Regional Park with its many trails for biking and hiking.
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Kamloops
50 minutes away, the university town of Kamloops has all the amenities you will need - a big hospital (though a smaller one is closer in Salmon Arm), umteen great restaurants, malls and Big Box stores (Costco), beautiful Riverside Park and its extensive walking trail and beach, and Kenna Cartwright Regional Park with its many trails for biking and hiking.