{"key":"a074968a4a","origin":"osm","osm_id":"w480352483","category":"Camping","subcategory":"Public Campground","community":"Crescent Bay","lat":49.6058071,"lon":-117.1207033,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Sandspit Campground","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Sandspit campground anchors Kokanee Creek Park's kilometre of sandy Kootenay Lake beach, 19 km east of Nelson on paved Hwy 3A, with full amenities including showers and e-bike charging. It's the park's most popular campground — expect crowds in summer, offset by beach swimming, canyon trails through old-growth cedar, and a kokanee spawning channel.","source":"camping"},"website":{"value":"https://bcparks.ca/kokanee-creek-park/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":null,"source":null},"phone":{"value":"+1-250-825-4212","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"anne@kootenayswparks.com","source":"osm"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"capacity":"113","email":"anne@kootenayswparks.com","fee":"yes","internet_access":"no","name":"Sandspit Campground","operator":"RAP Park Contracting Ltd.","phone":"+1-250-825-4212","sanitary_dump_station":"yes","tourism":"camp_site","website":"https://bcparks.ca/kokanee-creek-park/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The BC Parks website confirms Sandspit Campground is one of four campgrounds within Kokanee Creek Park on Kootenay Lake, operated by RAP Park Contracting Ltd. Frontcountry reservations via camping.bcparks.ca are clearly described on the website, and the nature centre is noted as offering a coffee shop — both usable as amenity evidence. The OSM phone (+1-250-825-4212) differs from the nature centre number listed on the website (250-825-4723), so the OSM phone cannot be directly confirmed; the website's contact page directs campground-specific queries to the operator's number listed on each park page, but that number is not surfaced in the fetched content.","concerns":["OSM phone (+1-250-825-4212) could not be confirmed from website content; the website lists a different number (250-825-4723) for the Kokanee Creek nature centre. The OSM number is likely the park operator's line (RAP Park Contracting Ltd.) but this is not verifiable from the fetched pages.","No street address provided in OSM record.","Website covers all of Kokanee Creek Park (four campgrounds collectively); amenity details such as electrical hookups explicitly apply to Friends Campground only, not Sandspit Campground. Sandspit-specific amenities beyond the dump station (confirmed via OSM tag) are not individually detailed.","OSM tag internet_access=no, but website notes the nature centre offers WiFi — not contradictory (WiFi is at the nature centre building, not the campground), but worth noting for accuracy."],"recommended_status_reason":"Well-established BC Parks campground with 113 sites, confirmed reservations system, sanitary dump station, and a prime Kootenay Lake location near Nelson — a clear asset for touring cyclists in the West Kootenays.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":null},"notes":"Sandspit Campground entrance is on the west side of Hwy 3A, opposite the Canyon Trail trailhead. Electrical hookups are at Friends Campground (13 sites), a separate campground within the park. Sanitary dump station confirmed via OSM tag sanitary_dump_station=yes."},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"v2","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"camping","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["camping","bcparks","subcategory","wow"],"area_dedup":{"absorbed":"cb87b5922b"},"subcategory_source":"name","subcategory_confidence":"med"},"camping":{"character":"destination","bike_access":"easy","price_band":"standard","site_count":52,"price_label":"Standard","season":"summer","peak":{"months":["August","September"],"label":"kokanee salmon run","varies":true},"energy":"restorative","kid_friendly":"yes","washroom_type":"flush"},"required_criteria":{},"optional_amenities":{"Showers":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"bcparks_api","date":"2026-07-18"},"Washrooms":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"camping:washroom_type","date":"2026-07-18"},"Potable water":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"bcparks_api","date":"2026-07-18"},"Covered shelter":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"bcparks_api","date":"2026-07-18"},"E-bike charging":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"bcparks_api","date":"2026-07-18"},"Device charging":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"bcparks_api","date":"2026-07-18"},"Reservations accepted":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"bcparks_api","date":"2026-07-18"},"Flush toilets":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"camping:washroom_type","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Kootenay Rockies","ownership":"Provincial park","indigenous_role":[],"notability":2,"wow_evidence":"full amenities including showers and e-bike charging... kilometre of sandy Kootenay Lake beach","tier":"info"}