Crawling Valley Campground

CRAWLING VALLEY CAMPGROUND

Crawling Valley Campground started in 1983 when a few visionary members of the Bassano Community created the Crawling Valley Recreation Society and with a provincial grant for Recreation in the Province, created the original Crawling Valley Campground. None of this could have happened without the support of the County of Newell No.4 (who leased the land from the EID) and the Eastern Irrigation District stake holders and the countless volunteers. These volunteers, built campsites, fire pits, tables, planted trees, etc.

In recent years the Crawling Valley Recreation Society have added a playground, shower building and shop to the existing office that was built when the campground was opened. 26 years ago.

The proceeds from the Crawling Valley Ice Fishing Derby, which is run by volunteers, go to projects in the campground. Last year a new fish cleaning building was built with the funds, this was opened for the fisherman this year (2011).

In the last 3 years the Eastern Irrigation District has instilled hundreds of thousands of dollars into a fabulous Marina and the renovation of 2 sections of the campground, adding power, underground sprinklers & trees for shelter belts. This spring a beach was added to the campground.

Today the Crawling Valley Recreation Society board continue to work on your behalf to make Crawling Valley Campground the very best camping and fishing destination in South Eastern Alberta.

THANK YOU!

CRAWLING VALLEY ICE FISHING DERBY Gordon Bloye & Mike Muirhead organizers of the Crawling Valley Ice Fishing Derby would like to thank our Sponsors for making the 2012 Derby the best to date. Your continued support is greatly appreciated and this is what makes the Derby so successful. Thank you to Crawling Valley Recreation Society, Spin Doctor Power Tongs, The Fishin' Hole, Calgary, AB, Evergreen Equipment Ltd., Cochrane�s Hardware Ltd., Bassano Automotive, Gibeau Repair, Bassano Building Centre, Imperial Hunter Hotel, South Country Co-op Ltd., Vauxhall, AB, Chinook Credit Union, Bassano, Lassiter Brothers, Triple XXX Red Angus (Junior Event Sponsor) Slough Shark Tackle & Bait, Sparwood, BC, and Bassano Vac Service.

CRAWLING VALLEY ICE FISHING DERBY 2012

The 2012 Crawling Valley Ice Fishing Derby started with the Junior Fishers on the board with a 6lb 6oz pike early in the morning. Finally around mid-morning the Adults started to place. However the juniors had the largest Pike throughout the day. The winning Ling Cod came in just before noon on Saturday. There was some nice activity on the lines in the later afternoon, but the fish were small.

Finally on Sunday morning the Adults had some luck on their lines, by mid-day the leader board had changed & the winners were on the board. Shortly after 1:00 Sunday the winning Jr. Pike was weighed in.