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Beaches & Boat Launches

With two lakes accessible within minutes, the time honoured ‘river float’ and countless more lakes and rivers in the area, there’s truly no end to the fun you can find on, in and around the water…

Kinsmen Beach Play

Beaches

There are 2 public beaches in Invermere (Kinsmen and James Chabot), and one beach in Windermere. Another is located south of Fairmont Hot Springs in the village of Canal Flats.

Timbers Resort Cabin rentals are perched above Columbia Lake - a short walk takes you to a small pebbly beach area on the shore of the lake.

Windermere Beach

10 minutes drive north of Fairmont – pebble beach, picnic tables, small playground, treed areas, washrooms, swimming dock.

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Canal Flats Beach, Tilley Memorial Park

Canal Flats, BC

20 minutes south off Fairmont on Columbia Lake with pebble beach, covered picnic tables, outhouses, boat launch.

James Chabot Provincial Park

Athalmer, BC (bottom of hill by A&W Restaurant, Invermere)

A broad, sandy beach backed with open, grassy play areas offers pleasant surroundings for families who enjoy lake-shore recreation. Windsurfing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming are popular activities. There is an adventure playground and a volleyball court.

Kinsmen Beach

1720 4th Ave, Invermere, BC
250.342.9281

Also in Invermere, about 25 minutes drive north of Fairmont – sandy beaches, picnic tables, washrooms, playgrounds, spray water park, concession stand, and kayak/canoe/SUP rentals.

Invermere Boating

Boat Launches

  • Access Columbia Lake: this can be done via the public launch in Canal Flats, about 20 minutes from Fairmont. A $20 fee is charged.
  • Access Lake Windermere:
    • In the village of Windermere there is a boat launch on lower Baltac Road.
    • Invermere by James Chabot Provincial Park - turn left at the set of lights (corner of A&W restaurant), follow to the first left which is gravel road leading around the boat storage area.
    • Invermere by Bayshore Condos - go through downtown Invermere, turn left at the end of the main street just after the bakery. Follow down a small hill and over a bridge. Just past the bridge, turn left towards the lake on a gravel/dirt path.