Plan Silver Beach Park on Shuswap Lake with sandy beach camping, boat or road access, swimming, fishing, watersports, walking trails, and sandbar cautions.
Silver Beach Park is at the north end of Seymour Arm on Shuswap Lake, on the site of the historic gold-rush town of Ogden City, now Seymour Arm. BC Parks says the campground has sites beside the sandy beach of the Seymour River estuary.
Visitors can arrive by boat or by vehicle using the Forest Service road from Anglemont.
Why Visit Silver Beach Park
Silver Beach is a Shuswap destination campground for beach time and lake recreation. BC Parks highlights swimming, houseboating, scuba diving, fishing, waterskiing, and sun. The park also has 700 metres of walking trails along the top of the beach and local groceries and camping supplies nearby.
The history adds another layer. The remains of Ogden, a late-1800s gold-rush community, are associated with the park, along with an historic graveyard and archaeological sites. The western part of the park, including the river mouth, is preserved for wildlife and fish habitat.
Things To Do
Camp, swim at the sandy beach without lifeguards, walk the beach-top trails, canoe, kayak, fish Shuswap Lake with the proper licence, waterski, windsurf, scuba dive with local information, and watch for spawning salmon near the Seymour River mouth.
Planning Notes
By road, leave Highway 1 at Squilax and drive about 83 kilometres, with the last 42 kilometres on gravel. Shallow sandbars sit in front of the main beach, so boaters should approach and moor from the east along shore toward Bughouse Bay. Quiet time is 10 pm to 7 am, and houseboats may not beach in signed areas.