About the Area

Princeton: Has a population of approximately 2,800 in the town and about 5,000 in the area. The town has 17 restaurants, six gas stations, a supermarket, several convenience stores, pharmacy, museum, library, hospital and medical clinic. There are many recreational services such as a 18 hole golf course, horse race track, rodeo grounds, swimming pool, bowling alley, curling rink and arena, the Snowpatch Ski Resort, China Ridge Cross Country Ski Trails and excellent camping facilities. The Similkameen and Tulameen rivers, along with more than 100 lakes, offer outstanding trout fishing. Locals say you can fish "a lake a day as long as you stay".
www.town.princeton.bc.ca
    Public services include:
  • RCMP detachment
  • Government agent
  • Hospital
  • Ambulance service
  • Search and rescue
  • Post office
  • A charted bank and a credit union
  • Four gas stations
  • Several auto repair shops
  • Princeton Airport
    Schools:
  • Preschool: Little Folks Nursery School
  • Kindergarten to Grade 3 John Allison Elementary School
  • Grade 4-7 Vermillion Forks School
  • Grade 8 – 12 Princeton Secondary School

Tulameen: Tulameen is a small recreational community in British Columbia, Canada, about 20 kilometres northwest of the town of Princeton on the Crowsnest Highway (Hwy 3), and about 185 kilometres east from the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Located at the south end of Otter Lake and just north of the Tulameen River, it is on the lee side of the Canadian Cascades mountain range and enjoys a slightly semi-arid climate, sheltered from the heavy rains of the lower mainland. There are about 250 permanent residents here but this number grows in the summer months. The Tulameen General Store has a restaurant, liquor store, post office, video rentals, and gas station. The community also has bike rentals (Crossroads Bike Rentals), community centre, outdoor skating rink, library, volunteer fire department, and skidoo dealer & repair centre.
www.tulameenbc.com

East Gate / Manning Park: Located in the heart of the Cascade Mountains, Manning Park, a 70,000 hectare (175,000 acre) provincial park in beautiful British Columbia, offers a wide range of outdoor activities. Enjoy hiking, canoeing, and swimming in the summer. Experience downhill and nordic skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and ice skating in a pristine winter environment. The downhill ski area has 2 chairlifts and a beginner's hill with a poma lift. The cross country ski trails are some of the most popular in the province. Fishing, hunting and ATVing in the surrounding 1000's of acres of crown land is also popular.
www.manningpark.com/