• What are your hours?
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 licence plate number for your parking tag.
• 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 have not had a problem with leeches, only having heard of one being on a person in the last 15 summers, this year we have heard of some being seen in the weeds but we have not heard of any on people.
This year (2007) we are getting reports of an average depth of 15" with holes down to 22' or so.
The biggest fish this year (that we know of!) 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.
• 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.
This year we are seeing shallow-hulled craft up to 18 or 19 feet getting. 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.
• 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.
• What kind of fish are in the lake and how many can I keep?
As quoted from the Alberta Fishing Regulations for 2007:
http://www.srd.gov.ab.ca/fishwildlife/fishingalberta/regulations.aspx
Eagle Lake (near Strathmore)
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 – CLOSED
• When can I book for next year?
2008 bookings will be accepted starting Monday March 17 2008 at 9 am. Bookings can be taken over the phone only.
• 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.
• I have a question...
Feel free to submit questions you would like to see answered on this page.
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