Tulameen is a small recreational community in British Columbia, Canada. Located just a 3.5 hour drive from Vancouver, Tulameen is located at the south end of Otter Lake about 20 kilometres northwest of the town of Princeton and about 185 kilometres east from the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. This historic gold, platinum, and coal mining town is rapidly becoming one of BC’s more popular recreational areas. The area is a favourite spot for picnics, fishing, swimming, boating, and water skiing in the summer; and snowmobiling, skating, and cross country skiing in the winter.
Large numbers of otter, beaver and red squirrel inhabit the area, as well as deer, black bear and moose. The town has a General Store called the “Tulameen Trading Post”, with gas pumps, restaurant, post office and BC Liquor Store outlet. The community also has bike rentals (Crossroads Bike Rentals), community centre, outdoor skating rink, library, volunteer fire department, and skidoo dealer & repair centre. Enjoy the many trails in the area including the Trans Canada trail for hiking, bird watching, bniking, ATV’ing, and dirt bike riding. Perfect for all seasons, the Tulameen area in and surrounding Similkameen Valley is rich in history and natural beauty.
Otter Lake: This very popular 6km long lake covers about 290 hectares(716 acres) at an elevation of 823 m (2700 ft.) It is a great recreational lake for swimming, water-skiing and fishing for lake trout, rainbow, brook trout and kokanee. The town of Tulameen is located at the south end of the lake and the Provincial campsite borders the north-west side. A scenic bike ride will take you along the Trans Canada Trail, and stopping for ice-cream in Tulameen.
Princeton: Has a population of approximately 2,800 in the town and about 5,000 in the area. The town has 17 restaurants, six gas stations, a supermarket, several convenience stores, pharmacy, museum, library, hospital and medical clinic. There are many recreational services such as an 18 hole golf course, horse race track, rodeo grounds, swimming pool, bowling alley, curling rink and arena, the Snowpatch Ski Resort, China Ridge Cross Country Ski Trails and excellent camping facilities. The Similkameen and Tulameen rivers, along with more than 100 lakes, offer outstanding trout fishing.