Answers:
• What are your hours?
During our operating season (the first Friday in May to the second Sunday in September):
Our GATE hours are 7 am to 11 pm.
Our OFFICE hours are 9am to 9 pm.
If you need to register for camping between 9 pm and 11 pm, call ahead to make arrangements.
If you come in for day-use between 7 am and 9 am, please come back to the office at 9 am to register. Remember to bring your license plate number for your parking tag.
Our office season hours are variable. Once we start taking bookings, which is usually the end of March, we will post our days and hours for the reservation desk, on the voicemail and Facebook.
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• Tell me about the lake.
The lake is a typical prairie lake, it is shallow with a sandy bottom, it warms up quickly, surface algae comes and goes in the hot summer months.
In the summer we do get some well-defined weed patches, which is actually good for fishing as they provide shade.
We do NOT have swimmer's itch.
We do not usually have a problem with leeches, but heard of some in 2008.
The average depth of the lake is 5'-8' with holes down to 22' or so.
The biggest fish that we heard of in the last few years was an 81 cm pike that yielded about 9 or so pounds of meat.
You can find out more about the fish by looking at the Fishing question on this page.
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• How does your boat launch work?
To use the boat launch when you are not a camper you will need to buy a day-use pass (prices are under a separate page called DAY USE PRICES).
It is a shallow launch into a shallow lake. It is concrete, there is no point backing your vehicle off of the launch though as it is a sandy bottomed lake, it does not get deeper for quite a ways and you will likely get stuck. Tow trucks to get your vehicle out of the lake are quite expensive.
Most years, shallow-hulled craft up to 16 feet get in. Deep V hulls generally do not launch well here. It helps if you have a tilt trailer or roller wheels with larger boats.
Most of the boats are used for fishing but some smaller ski boats are getting in, especially if they have an outboard engine, not an inboard.
We do not bring in heavy equipment to dig out a launching trough as the sand just settles back in. When we tried it many years ago we dug a 4 foot wide trench, 8 feet long and it silted back in within 48 hours.
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• Can I sea-doo here?
You can, but being a shallow lake, don't be surprised to see children out further than you may expect. Please go a long ways from shore before powering up and well away from the park.
Please do not go fast near any shorelines as your wake can damage bird nests.
Look at the questions on boat launching and the lake for more information.
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• What kind of fish are in the lake and how many can I keep?
We have walleye, pike and perch. And you can keep some of the walleye from this lake too!
The new regulations come out in March each year. Once they are published we will update the Fishing section.
These regulations are for our fishing area, Prairie Parkland 1.
http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingregs/
Eagle Lake is open for fishing May 8, 2009 to March 15, 2010.
May 8 to Mar. 15 – Walleye limit 3 over 50 cm; Pike limit 3 over 63 cm; Perch limit 15; Burbot limit 10.
Mar. 16 to May 7 – Fishing Season CLOSED
Please note the park is closed from mid-September to the beginning of May each year. There is NO access while we are closed.
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• When can I book for next year?
2010 bookings will be accepted starting late March. Group, monthly and weekly bookings will be accepted starting Mon. March 29 at 10 am. The seasonal waiting list will also re-open at that time.
Shorter term bookings (less than a week long) will be accepted starting 10 am on April 2nd. Watch our Facebook page for exact days and times. We post a few days at a time once the reservation desk re-opens.
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• Are any of your sites on the beach?
None of our sites are right on the beach per se, but none are more than a couple of minutes walk away either. We have left the beach area available for all to enjoy, rather than a select few.
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• I have a question...
Feel free to submit questions you would like to see answered on this page.
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• Find us on Facebook
We now have our very own Facebook page! This is where we will list last minute changes rather than on our website, so check here often if Events or Lake Level is important to you.
To sign up with Facebook:
You do not need to be on Facebook to read our page. You cannot post (make a comment) if you are not a Facebooker, but you can read what we are saying!
If you would like to become a Facebook user, it is easy to get set up. First make sure you have a valid email address. You need this to get a Facebook account. Then hit the Facebook link on the bottom of the page. It will take you to our very own Facebook page! Yep, that's all there is to it!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgary-AB/Eagle-Lake-RV-Resort/147864201975?v=wall&ref=search
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