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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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Location: on Map E or Burns Lake Map
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Road Conditions: Rough gravel road   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.   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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