Centennial Campground - This municipal campground is open May 1st to Oct 15th and is a popular family spot. There are 45 serviced and unserviced sites with fees at $20-$25. Full washroom and shower facilities onsite. There is a large playground for the kids, and equipment for bocci, badminton, and volleyball can be borrowed for free from the Campsite Attendant. There is a lake nearby with a raft and a roped-off swimming area. There is a covered barbeque pit and a marina for campers with boats.  Call the Municipal office at 250-358-2316 for more information.

Founded in 1892 on the shores of Slocan Lake, the Village of New Denver saw its first houses built by the calloused hands of mining prospectors. Briefly known as Eldorado City, before being renamed after Denver Colorado, New Denver was incorporated as a village in 1929.

The area was first inhabited by the Kootenai and Salish First Nations, whose pictographs can still be seen along the shores of Slocan Lake.

The pioneers were followed by merchants and businessmen, who built stores and hotels, and the village prospered. New Denver soon became the hub of government services in the Slocan Valley.

The former mining town is now noted mainly for its spectacular location on Slocan Lake, with the peaks of the Valhalla Mountains rising more than 2,100 metres on the opposite shore.

New Denver was the site of an internment camp that housed some 2,000 Japanese Canadians that were displaced from their West Coast homes during World War 2, not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Population: 556

Location: New Denver is located in the BC Kootenays on the eastern shore of Slocan Lake at the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 31A, 5 miles (8 km) north of Silverton and 29 miles (46 km) southeast of Nakusp.