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EVENTS

Indian Lake Campground, Lake Hiyúumptipin, is owned by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and managed by the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD).

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Camping reservations for the summer will be taken on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Camping reservations for the fish derby will be taken on Friday, May 17, 2024.  Two-day minimum stay for any weekend throughout the season. 

DISCLAIMER
Free camping is not valid during Fish Derby weekend. One per family. Dates, times, and cost are subject to change. NEWS

THINGS TO DO

DATE EVENT
May 11 - 12 Cleanup Days
May 25 Cornhole Tournament
June 15 Annual Fish Derby
July 13 Family Day & Fish Derby
August 10 Sit & Paint

 

Clean-up Weekend

Download the Clean Up Weekend flier here.

May 11 - 12, 2024, 9 am - 3 pm

Agenda
Lunch provided for free on both days 9 am - 3 pm for those who help clean-up.
Saturday will be a hot lunch and Saturday will be a sack lunch.

Please bring your own tools, as there is a very limited supply of tools on hand.
Suggested tools: battery operated drill, pick axe, rake, shovel, wheel barrow,
chainsaw, litter grabber, work boots, and work gloves. Dress in layers. We
will have litter pick-up, painting, and construction projects.

If you would like to help, call Leigh and Tami to let them know what you can
do for clean-up weekend at 541-276-3873.

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Cornhole Tournament

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Starts 1 pm
Cost $10 per person.
Location Campground Arbor

Download the Cornhole Tournament flier here.

Compete in a Cornhole Tournament in the fresh mountain air surrounded by trees. In turn the money raised from this event will go towards the School Supply Fish Derby that is held on May 25, 2024. If you have a cornhole board, please consider bringing it, we may need to borrow it.

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Fish Derby, 38th annual

The Indian Lake Fish Derby is always held the day before Father's Day each year.  

PRIZES

There are lots of fun prizes to help make the annual event a success, especially with the locals.

Grand prize goes to the fisher with the largest fish of the day.

A grand prize will go to the fisher with the largest fish of the day in the three different age categories: 11 & under, 12-17 years, and adults 18 and over.

All registered youth, 17 and under will receive a raffle prize.

A prize will also go to the youngest fisher & oldest dad fisherman!

 

Pre-payment for camping required for Fish Derby weekend (non-refundable).

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Improvements

Article from August 2017 CUJ.
Indian Lake camping facilities southeast of Pilot Rock will receive major improvements following the award of $110,000 from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Another $240,000 was pledged by the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), which owns and operates Indian Lake Campground. The Umatilla Tribes' contribution was contingent on the award from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, which is the charitable arm funded by Spirit Mountain Casino owned by the Grand Ronde Tribes. Nearly $1 million was awarded by the Grand Ronde to Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes with each receiving $110,000.The major portion of the $350,000 Indian Lake project will be used to replace three vault toilets, according to Leigh Pinkham Johnson in the CTUIR Department of Economic and Community Development. Other major improvements will include the expansion of an arbor and removal of an old underground diesel tank. A man-made reservoir, Indian Lake was built in the early 1970s and the vault toilets were standard for that era, Pinkham-Johnson said. Now it is 2017 and they are out-of-date and need to be replaced,” she said. Wenaha Group, a tribal member-owned project management firm, did an assessment of the restrooms in November of last year – at no cost to the CTUIR. The assessment showed the restrooms are inadequate according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “In Depth Design and Maintenance Manual. ”The roof of each restroom needs to be repaired and the tanks need to be vented. Additionally, water removal is difficult. And the restrooms are ADA accessible. Many people who camp and visit Indian Lake Campground are from the Pendleton and Pilot Rock area. It is the closest campground for overnight stays and fishing. According to Pinkham-Johnson, three quarters of the people who camp at Indian Lake are non-tribal members. Last year approximately 2,790 people visited Indian Lake Campground. Two archery shoots – one in June and the other in August – are sponsored by the Pilot Rock Archery Club at Indian Lake.