Thunder Lake

We drove 90 minutes up past Barrhead to Thunder Lake in late June. We put in at the day use area in the provincial park (no charge). Maybe a 25-foot carry to the edge of the lake and a small step down to the water (12 inches?). There was lots of parking, pit toilets and picnic tables. There was also a small store and the camping looked nice.

There is  a fairly large public beach with a playground, toilets, sand and swim area right beside where we put in. It was surprisingly nice and also deserted.

An alternative entry is the municipal boat launch just to the south of the provincial park. Apologies the shot below is so distant--we had some waves on the way back and I didn't want to take the time to paddle over.

The wind was coming up when we got there at about 10;30 so we cut across to the west side of the lake and then went into the southern basin.

There were lots of bays and swampy areas i the south so we had a nice calm paddle among the lily pads and the nesting birds (lots of grebes).

We then crossed back to the east side and ground our way north into the waves and wind and back to the beach. The wind kept going so we decided to try the northern end of the lake another day (lots of islands and pelicans from what we could see). A lady we met suggested evening were calmer so we'll try that again. Overall, a pretty lake.