Lake Newell Resort Community Reviews & Ratings

Needing a night out of the city, with a lake and not to far driving distance, Kinbrook island provincial park was the only campground with an opening. We booked this and set out on a Saturday morning for an overnight camp-out. This campground is an easy 2 hour drive from Calgary, located close to Brooks and located on Lake Newell. We had no problem getting there and no problem finding our campsite. The lake is big and busy, but the water is warm so swimming is a must. There is a small shop located by the beach, you can get some items you may have forgotten (in our case, bug spray). There are pay showers and laundry facilities as well. The campsites are typical provincial park sites, with gravel and hard packed dirt to pitch a tent. Our site had a nice flat grassy patch where we were able to setup our tent. Lots of RVs and campers out here, and cottages lining the lake meaning we didn't get a lakeside campground. However, the beach was only a short walk from where we were setup. Campsites are treed and nicely spaced apart, they have a picnic table and fire pit. Firewood is available for purchase at the gate. This lake is also a birding hot spot, both at the lake and the surrounding wet lands. Also, the lake is located about 45 minutes from Dinosaur Provincial park, which would be a nice day trip, we had initially considered that but in the end didn't get around to it.