Touchwood Lake

In late September, we drove about 45 minutes east of Lac La Biche into Lakeland Provincial Park to visit Touchwood Lake. The drive in was on a rolling gravel road (nicely maintained, though)

The campground was closed by there was still access to the day-use area and the boat launch. Day-use area had picnic tables, fire pits, pit toilets, playground, garbage, etc. There was also a guy who was camping there.

The boat launch was a cement pad, with a dock plus a small beach. Easy sandy entry. The only other boat on the lake was a fishing boat that came in while we were unloading. It was a pretty windy day and the two guys in the boat suggested the calmest water was on the south-west shore, so we paddled right off the beach and worked our way around the northern basin.

The shoreline is mostly sandy (with reedy patches) giving away to a conifer forest. The bottom was sandy and quite undulating.

We eventually got into the lee of a point and slowed down to enjoy the paddle

The water was extremely clear and we could see moose tracks on the bottom (bigger across than the span of my hand).

The only animal was saw was an eagle (plus the usual waterfowl).

After about 90 minutes we booted it back north across the open water to the boat launch for lunch. There was a pretty good swell (the boats were making that wallowing motion).

The wind came up much stronger while we were cooking lunch and we decided to call it a day other than try to paddle the northeastern shore. Overall, very pretty and a nice camp site.