Kimball Lake business owner blames decrease in campers on website
Businesses in a popular Saskatchewan lake resort believe a noticeable decrease in campers is the result of a glitch in the provincial government’s online booking system.
Kimball Lake, located north of Meadow Lake in the Meadow Lake Provincial Park, is one of the busiest lakes in Saskatchewan and was even rated one of the top 10 beaches in Canada according to Sharon Hofer, owner of the Kimball Lake general store.
She said on a typical summer, all 208 campsites are completely full from June 25 to Aug. 15. Since early July, the only two days that Kimball Lake filled up was Aug. 1 and 2. But Hofer said several families were told throughout the summer that the campground was full when they tried to book through the reserve-a-site system.
Hofer recalls one couple’s story of trying to book for two weeks but being told they could only book for one. They tried to extend their stay while at the provincial park, but were again told the sites were full.