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| Description: If you like to hunt for agates
or opals, this trail is for you. Close to town. You
could actually walk from town but it would be a long
walk.. Great place to take the kids. The minerals have
been picked over but each year, more will appear. |
| Near: Burns Lake |
| Difficulty: Easy |
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| Road Conditions: Rough gravel road
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Trail Length: Various trails |
| Directions: Turn south from Highway
16 on Highway 35 at the centre of Burns Lake. Drive about 2 km and
turn right on the Eagle Creek Fair Grounds Road. Go .5 km and turn
right on a gravel road. Go 3.8 km and turn left on the Eagle Creek
Forest Service Road. Go 5.3 km and turn right at a small brown sigh.
There has been logging in the area so some roads may have been altered.
We'll update directions during the early summer. |
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Features: There are not a lot of
views on the trail but the geology and minerals are most interesting
and unusual. There were a few simple campsites in the area. |
Opals and agates are common in the trail area
and other locations around Burns Lake  |
The view of the Village of Burns Lake from the Shelford Trail
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| Local BCNorth Group members that supply trail
guiding services or hiking equipment include: |
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