Lacombe Lake

This summer I had a chance to stop at Lacombe Lake, just north of Blackfalds. Access is off Highway 2A, either north of Blackfalds or south of Lacombe. You then turn west on Township Road 402 by the RV storage place and go west until you hit the lake (approximately where the green arrow points).

There is a sand-and-gravel boat launch with room to turn around and maybe park if it isn't too busy. I was there on an overcast day--the pictures would be a lot cheerier if there had been some sun.

The lake is about 2 km north-south and varies between 100 and 400m wide east west. The northern part was pretty shallow from what I could see and it looked like there were buoys for racing. 

The lake was nice but pretty unremarkable. Reeds giving way to a mixture of farm land or forest. There were a few houses backing onto the lake.

The west side was quite a lot calmer with trees creating a wind break. There was a pretty noticeable livestock smell (pigs?) whenever the wind picked up.

A nice little lake. The circuit took about 90 minutes. There were a fair number of birds, including heron, pelicans, grebes, loons, and terns.