Sunshine Houseboats & Marina
About This Company
Sunshine Houseboats is located on Lake Koocanusa, a 145km (90 mile) lake formed by a reservoir in British Columbia and Montana. Boating on the lake will provide the ideal place to relax and take in the beauty of British Columbia. You will be able to enjoy an abundance of fishing, hiking, beautiful beaches and water sports in the sun. Lake Koocanusa is well known for their amazing clean water with no weeds, sandy beaches, and most importantly to most of us, no mosquitos.
Beautiful Lake Koocanusa - All photographs courtesy Sunshine Houseboats & Marina
Sunshine Houseboats is located only 3.5 hours from Calgary and a short 1 hour drive from Roosville at the Canada/USA border and is the only houseboat rental company on the lake.
Sunshine Houseboats has ALL INCLUSIVE pricing, the price you see is what you pay, INCLUDING FUEL!
Sunshine Houseboats has an excellent and informative website to answer most of your questions and friendly staff available.
Houseboats
Sunshine Houseboats have 5 great models to choose from the mid-size Sunseeker that sleeps 10 to the Suntastic that sleeps 22. There is certainly a boat to meet your needs. There are many amenities included on the houseboat and obviously differ based on the size but on each boat you will find:
- Fully equipped kitchen including oven, stove, refrigerator and microwave
- BBQ
- TV/DVD, MP3/Bluetooth
- Slide
- Hot tub
- Bimini top
To find out which houseboat is best for you and what amenities are included check out their website.
Rental Periods
- 3 Night Weekend Thurs-Sun or Fri-Mon
- 4 Night Midweek Sun-Thurs or Mon-Fri
- 7 Night Week Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun or Mon
Experience Required
Previous experience is not required. You will be provided instruction on operating the houseboat, safety requirements, how to read maps, buoys and channel markets. All persons operating a houseboat or other watercraft must be 19 years of age or older.
Licensing
You do not require a boating license (Pleasure Craft Operator Card) to rent a houseboat. Prior to departure you will be provided a safety checklist for review. Be sure to ask any questions if you are not sure. Once completed you will be issued a temporary license that is good for your trip. You will need to keep this document readily available if request by officials.
To get your Pleasure Craft Licence, go to our preferred partner, CanadaBoatSafety.com.
Electrical Outlets
110v
What to Bring
For a complete list of recommended items to bring check out the checklist at the following link:
What to Bring
Linens
Linens are not provided and you should bring your own. If required could be provided at an additional cost.
Pets
Sunshine Houseboats are pet friendly! Maximum 2 pets per houseboat, $100 per pet.
Additional Costs
There are no additional or hidden costs with Sunshine Houseboats. Fuel, propane, insurance and taxes are included in the price. There may be additional costs for cleaning or damages to the houseboat.
Entry to/From U.S.
Although you are close to the US border it is not legal to cross and enter the US on the houseboat. You will be provided with details during your orientation.
Other Rental Items Available
A number of other rental equipment are available such as:
- Seadoo
- Paddle boards
- Water toys
- Canoes & Kayaks
Area Activities
There are many activities to enjoy that include:
- swimming
- fishing
- hiking
- picnics
Local Weather
May to October weather for Newgate, on Lake Koocanusa, British Columbia, in half-month steps (days 1–15 and 16 through the end of the month). Air, precipitation, and wet days use Cranbrook Airport Auto observations, about 81 km north in the same Rocky Mountain Trench (climate ID 1152106).
- Each tile is one half-month from May through October. Early is days 1–15. Late is day 16 through the end of the month. Every tile shows a value.
- Air temperature, precipitation, and wet-day percentage are 2021–2025 daily averages from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Cranbrook Airport Auto (climate ID 1152106). High and low are the average of each year’s half-month mean, so each year counts equally. A year is included for a variable only when that half-month was observed on at least 80% of its days. Precipitation is the mean of each included year’s half-month total; missing days are not filled in. A wet day has at least 0.2 mm, among precipitation observations in the years included for that half-month. Days flagged missing are left out.
- Temperature and precipitation leave out late June 2024 (11 of 15 days). Missing days in an included half-month are not filled in. The largest gap in an included half-month is 3 days, in early June 2024 and early July 2021.
- Baynes Lake Kootenay River (climate ID 1150690) daily record ends 7 September 2017. Fort Steele Dandy Creek and Fernie are closer but report too few days per month, and Fernie sits in the wetter Elk Valley rather than the Rocky Mountain Trench. These averages use Cranbrook Airport Auto (climate ID 1152106), about 81 km north of Newgate, in the same trench.
- Precipitation is liquid equivalent (rain plus the water in any snow), in millimetres per half-month.
- Sunshine is not biweekly. Cranbrook Airport Auto does not publish a 2021–2025 bright-sunshine record. Each month’s existing normal is repeated on both of that month’s tiles. Those hours are 1981–2010 normals from Cranbrook Airport (climate ID 1152102), about 75 km north of Newgate in the same Rocky Mountain Trench, not a 2021–2025 average.
- Tile temperatures are rounded to the nearest degree.
Contact Information
Location Address
4140 Abbey Rd. Newgate, BC V0B 1T7
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Contact Information
Website
www.sunshinemarina.com