Canoe Creek Golf Course

6015 Shaw Rd (off Auto Rd),

Salmon Arm, British Columbia V1E 2W2

Office
+1 (250) 832 3285
Pro shop
+1 (866) 431 3285 (toll free)
Fax
+1 (250) 832 3191

Email
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Website
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Golf pro
Mike Loewen (Head Professional)
Academy
Canoe Creek Teaching Centre

About the course

The Course:

18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:

Woodland, rural countryside and wetland.
Designer:

Dave Barr's first Signature design course

Back
tees

Club
tees

Front
tees

Yards

7026

5636

4893

Par

SSS or slope

74.3

68.0

69.0

Location

Latitude:

50.655127

Longitude:

-119.217464

How to get there:

118 km E of Kamloops / 100 km N of Kelowna / 6 km SE of Salmon Arm.

Americas /
Kamloops /
Canoe Creek

Canoe Creek Golf Course

Est. 2008

Canoe Creek Golf Course: Like the nearby and also enjoyable Salmon Arm Golf Club, Canoe Creek sits at the foot of Mount Ida, an extinct volcanic cone. With its square cut tee-boxes, bold features and generally excellent conditioning, the course exudes both a parkland and a linksy character. With the Canadian Rockies not too far away to the east, you can enjoy beautiful pre-alpine scenery while your game is tested and probed by the layout's many and varied challenges.

Canoe Creek's relatively open rolling terrain is liberally dotted with copses of mature pine, fir, spruce and larch. Frequent elevation changes start at the par-4 1st, which drops away from the clubhouse. The picturesque and water-protected par-3 3rd is another downhiller; its cascading water-feature dominating the hole even more than the elevation change. On the back-nine the par-4 13th plunges down to a fairway that sharply doglegs into the green.

Canoe Creek is a layout with abundant "features," all carefully designed into a layout that challenges your golfing skills, not least on a first visit. The rock strewn water hazards at the par-3 3rd and par-4 10th don't quite achieve a symbiosis with their natural surroundings, but may do so in time. Three large parallel bunkers ("church pews") are etched into the right-angle dogleg of the par-5 5th hole. Plenty of partly hidden pot bunkers also line the way, while the meandering Canoe Creek and three menacing ponds combine to pose a threat at several holes.

The layout offers fine views onto forested hills, rural pastures and wetlands. From the elevated 18th green a wonderful panorama takes in Enderby Cliffs, an impressive mountain escarpment located 10 km away across the Shuswap River.

List of courses: Thompson / Okanagan, BC

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.

Must book in advance. Golf season is mid-March thru Oct.

Green fees

Visitor fee, 18-holes in summer season: Mon-Thur C$58; Fri-Sun C$65.

Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2018].

Other information

Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at all times. Golf carts available to rent.

Practice facilities

Excellent.

Did you know?

Across from the clubhouse at Canoe Creek are the remains of a 100-year old log cabin, which for this part of Canada is a structure of great antiquity.

Where2Stay

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites

1090 22nd St NE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 2V5

+1 (250) 832 7711
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The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Salmon Arm is a favourite with tourists and business travelers alike. Halfway between Vancouver and Calgary, conveniently located at the top of the hill overlooking downtown; minutes from shopping attractions and directly across the street from the Sunwave Centre, home of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks hockey team.
- Golf at this hotel:
  
  No
- Golf within 10 km:
  
  Canoe Creek; Salmon Arm
- Golf within 30 km:
  
  No
Best Western Salmon Arm

61 10th St SW, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1E4

+1 (250) 832 9793
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The Best Western Salmon Arm hotel is situated just off the Trans Canada Highway. Visitors to this hotel will find friendly service and good quality accommodations at an affordable price. Lake Shuswap is immediately next to the hotel with over 1400 kilometers of hiking and biking trails, as well as fishing, skiing and boating.
- Golf at this hotel:
  
  No
- Golf within 10 km:
  
  Canoe Creek; Salmon Arm
- Golf within 30 km:
  
  No

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