Making a Reservation – 2023 Season

 

This is our second year using an online reservation portal. All reservations are to be made through the portal, which does require a credit card to process payment. Thank you for your patience as we navigate this new process, which will allow for more organized and less time consuming booking.

If you are trying to reserve a specific site, please note that if it does not appear on the list of available reservations, then it has been booked already. When viewing the list of available sites, you will find two buttons in the upper right side of the page – “Regular View” and “Availability View”. This can assist your planning.

We do our best to accommodate your request, however do reserve the right to change your site based on campground occupancy needs at the discretion of the Campground Manager.

You will be asked to provide information on the number of people in your party and the camping accommodations you will be using, to ensure you have the site that is right for you. All of your equipment must fit within the perimeter of your site, so please mention if you will have an extra tent or vehicle (car, boat trailer etc.)

Consult our new site map before requesting a specific site, as changes have been made to our site plan. We will do our best to accommodate your request but do reserve the right to make changes to your site location without notice.

General Policies

Camping is allowed in numbered sites only.

Camping stays are restricted to two weeks in four.

Camping fees must be paid in full, prior to or on, check-in. Photo identification may be required at check-in.

No vehicles or boat trailers are allowed on the beach.

No unlicensed vehicles may be operated, and no unlicensed driver may operate a motor vehicle, in the Park and Campground.

By provincial statute, alcohol & cannabis use is restricted to your own campsite.

Consider your neighbours; turn down the volume.

Quiet hours are from 10:00 pm to 8:00 am.

Generator hours are from 8:00 am-10:00 am & 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm.

Riondel Park & Campground is pet friendly, but owners are responsible for clean-up and pets’ behaviour.

The east side of the beach is dog-friendly.

No one is permitted to cut trees or live limbs.

Check out time is 11:00am.

Sites may not be available until 2:00pm.

Visitors and visitor vehicles must exit the campground/park by 10:00 pm.

Feeding bears is dangerous for you and the bears; secure your food out of reach, preferably in your vehicle.

Showers are coin-operated. Please see the Campground Manager for sani-dump and firewood payments. Coin-operated showers: $2.00. Sani-Dump $10 ($15 for non-campers).

No parking on camp sites unless you have reserved that site.

Booking Policy

A Regular/Small site accommodates one camping unit (RV, camper, car, tent etc.), a maximum of 4 adult (18+) campers, and an occupancy limit of 8 people including children and visitors. One extra tent is included, per site. Additional tents will require a $10.00 fee, payable at check-in. All vehicles, units, tents, trailers, and gear MUST fit within the perimeter of your site.

A Double site accommodates two camping units (RV, camper, car, tent etc.), a maximum of 6 adult (18+) campers, and an occupancy limit of 16 people including children and visitors. Two extra tents are included. Additional tents will require a $10.00 fee, payable at check-in. All vehicles, units, tents, trailers, and gear MUST fit within the perimeter of your site.

Boat trailers CANNOT be parked in the day-use parking. Your trailer must fit within the perimeter of your site.

Sites 3, 6, 9, 24, and 30 can be booked as Single or Double Sites. E-mail campground@bluebell.ca after reserving online, to request reserving as a Double site, as the online portal is not able to book as a Double at this time. Additional fees will be added at check-in.

Refunds are not given for an eviction, vacating a campsite early, no-shows, or inclement weather.

Site Fees

Small – $24.00 per night (includes taxes)

Regular- $28.00 per night (includes taxes)

Double – $48.00 per night (includes taxes)

Cancellation Policy

If a reservation is cancelled up until two weeks prior to arrival, a refund (less one night stay) will be issued.

Cancellations cannot be processed online.

Please email or call the Campground Manager to request cancellation at campground@bluebell.ca or 250-777-8523, and kindly be patient as it may take 1-2 days to get back to you.

Some cancellation requests may be referred to the Board of Directors, at the discretion of the Campground Manager.

There is a four dollar, non-refundable, online booking fee.

For Everyone’s Safety

Campfires are permitted in bedded fire rings only.

Fire rings are carefully positioned and bedded to prevent the spread of fire to the trees and roots. DO NOT MOVE THE FIRE RINGS.

If your unit does not fit the site, please speak to the Campground Manager.

Buckets provided for each site are safety equipment and must be full of water when your fire is burning. Unattended fires must be totally extinguished.

All fire bans must be respected.

Each site has one picnic table. You may move them within your site. Do not move tables from site to site.

For everyone’s safety, all vehicles must always have an unobstructed exit. Do not park units one behind the other. All your equipment, including boat trailers, must fit completely within your site Nothing may extend into the roadways. This includes visitors’ vehicles.

There is no lifeguard for the North Bay Beach. Supervise your children and swim within your limits.

In an evacuation, exit the campground with care and patience, following all speed and traffic signs. Check in with safety officers as directed. If the road is closed, leave your vehicles, walk to the beach, and congregate at the posted Muster Station.

Dial *5555 from your cell phone for Fire Emergency.