SNIPE LAKE
ALBERTA, CANADA

Welcome to Snipe Lake Community Campground.

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Snipe Lake Community Campground is rustic and offers about 20 campsites with no services. Has washrooms and pump water.

In the centre of the park is a spacious playground. No ATV's are allowed at Snipe Lake Community Campground.

Besides Northern Pike other fish like Burbot, Whitefish up to 7 pounds, Walleye up to 10 pounds, and Yellow Perch are sometimes caught.

Travel about 25 km east of Valleyview, Alberta on Highway 669. Then 5 km north of the Sunset House on Highway 747. From highway turn east at Township Road road 713 for 14 km to reach the campground.

(Making their way out of the shallow waters at Snipe Lake. At ten feet from shore, this spot was only a foot deep. Past the weeds would be three to four feet deep.)

Snipe Lake is regarded as a very shallow lake with a maximum depth of about 20 feet. The centre of the lake is the deepest and makes up about 10% of the entire lake. About 50% of the lake is 15 feet and the remainder is 5 and 10 feet deep. The lake covers an area of 10,998 acres.

Editors note: Getting to and out of Snipe Lake Community Campground becomes a challenge when it rains. The gravel roads become very soft and soupy. Would not recommend the south side road from the post office at Sunset House during rain as it is 30km from the highway to the Snipe Lake Community Campground. (Tried that on the way home pulling an RV and had to use 4x4 for about 10km at 20 kmph top speed. Any faster, and the back of RV would slide to the ditch. Most likely I should have used the north side road as that is how I came in. It was shorter but when it was dry, the deep ruts worried me. There were a few times I could hear my skid plate hit bottom of my 3/4 ton GMC truck.

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