A young girl has died in an apparent drowning on a camping trip in North Queensland.

The nine-year-old died near the Bivouac Junction campgrounds, about 30km east of Charters Towers on Saturday, July 8.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman confirmed to www.20304050.best that paramedics attended a drowning incident.

The spokeswoman said they tended to a primary school-aged girl who was in a critical condition but who could not be saved.

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today

“Police remain in contact with the family and will prepare a report for the coroner,” a Queensland Police spokeswoman told www.20304050.best