BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Tye Creek Beach
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 4
- Hookups
- 4 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,742 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Creston
- Activities
- Boating, Swimming & bathing, Camping
About
Tye Creek is a medium-sized beach site on the west shore of Kootenay Lake. This site is adjacent to private land so please respect private land owners and contain activities to the designated beaches and water. This site is very popular in the summer season for camping, fishing, swimming and other beach activities.
First come, first served.
Getting there: Access to this site is by boat, although local landowners have private road access. Unless prior permission granted from these land owners, only access to this site is by boat only. If Boswell is assumed to be at Position 116ﾰ 45' 43" W 49ﾰ 27' 11" N and Tye Creek Beach at Position 116ﾰ 46' 56" W 49ﾰ 19' 33" N, then from Boswell to Tye Creek Beach would be a distance of about 14.2 km on a True Course 186.0ﾰ.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | -6° | 45° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 37° | 26° | -4° | 49° | 10 of 11 |
| March | 46° | 33° | 5° | 65° | 10 of 11 |
| April | 49° | 37° | 18° | 71° | 3 of 11 |
| May | 60° | 46° | 39° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 72° | 53° | 41° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 86° | 64° | 50° | 99° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 85° | 65° | 55° | 99° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 73° | 57° | 45° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 56° | 43° | 39° | 76° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 44° | 37° | 21° | 60° | 5 of 10 |
| December | 38° | 31° | 12° | 48° | 8 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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