Descend into picturesque Echo Valley Provincial Park and slip away from the clutter and woe of the workaday world.  With two beaches, access to two lakes, a beautiful valley setting, loads of recreational opportunities and a romantic legend to boot, Echo is primed and ready to rejuvenate bodies and spirits.  And it's located less than an hour northeast of Regina.

The focus of activity in this recreational park is the area separating Pasqua and Echo lakes in the expansive Qu'Appelle Valley, a rolling green carpet of hills and ravines that takes its name from an Indian legend about a young man who thought he heard someone calling his name.  This delta area situated between the beaches and boat launches of the two lakes is a cultured lawn and park with change rooms, play areas, barbecues, a mini-golf facility and volleyball courts.

Camping

Echo Valley is a Reserve-a-Site park.  Click here for more information on the Reserve-a-Site program, or to access the online form to reserve sites on or after Thursday, May 20, 2010.

Valleyview and Aspen campgrounds sit on a treed plain above the valley and feature 221 campsites, 153 of which are electrified.  Both campgrounds have a service centre with hot showers and access to modern, barrier-free washrooms as well as non-modern facilities.  Lakeview campground is nestled amid white birch and maples on the south side of Echo Lake and has a trailer section with 23 electrical sites and a tenting area with 64 non-electrical ones.  Lakeview offers modern, non-modern and barrier-free washroom facilities.  There are several group-camping areas in the park.  These include two RV group sites with a multiple plug-in power pedestal at each.

• Two campgrounds at the top of the valley (152 electrical and 68 non-electrical and 34 economy)
• Lower campground (23 electrical, 64 non-electrical)
• Three group campgrounds (36 electrical)

Five group campgrounds (non-electrical).

Echo Valley offers seasonal camping spots.  The sites are distributed through a lottery system.  The application and rules are available here.  The deadline to apply is Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The lottery will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. The public is welcome to attend the draw. Contact the park for the time and location.

There are limited services in the actual park, though a scenic 10-minute drive from the park takes you to the historic town of Fort Qu’Appelle.  This community offers all necessary services, along with an interesting museum, shopping and a good selection of restaurants.

Echo Valley Provincial Park
Box 790
FT. QU’APPELLE SK  S0G 1S0

Phone:  (306) 332-3215 or (306) 332-3224 (May-September)
Fax:  (306) 332-3221
Email:  EchoValleyPP@gov.sk.ca