Blue Lake Camp’s annual Christmas Tree Fundraiser is currently underway with orders being taken up to Nov. 30. This beloved tradition offers families a chance…
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Seven local educators recognized
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network’s (CBEEN) Awards of Excellence were recently handed out to seven outstanding local educators from across the Columbia Basin region for…
La Niña continuance would increase risk of freshet flooding
By Columbia Outdoor School The River Forecast Centre, under the of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, analyzes snowpack levels…
Teck helps Outdoor School purchase bus
Columbia Outdoor School and Blue Lake Camp is pleased to announce that they have received financial support from Teck to purchase a 22-passenger bus. The…
Kootenay Game Changers honoured
The third annual Kootenay Game Changers awards ceremony Sept. 22 was the same as the first two. Aside from being held at St. Eugene Golf…
BioBlitz produces education and floating island
On Saturday, June 23, the Restore Joseph Creek Project hosted a BioBlitz and Community Day at Idlewild Park. The family-friendly event provided the opportunity to…
What is the Restore Joseph Creek Project?
Columbia Outdoor School is growing and educational programming is expanding beyond Blue Lake Camp and into local communities. Since 2016, we have been planning and…
Teaming up to send kids to camp
The Columbia Outdoor School and The Raw House are teaming up to send local children to Blue Lake Camp this summer, by delivering lunches to…
Society becomes Columbia Outdoor School
June 10 was an important day for Blue Lake Camp. The organization celebrated 40 years of operations with an open house and a big announcement…
Backroads safety key to reaching spectacular heights
By Julie Brannigan It isn’t the hike up Lakit Lookout that’s a challenge. It’s the drive. My husband and I led a group of ‘first-timer’…