Back in early June, we drove up to Halfmoon Lake, north of Bon Accord (we were going to a greenhouse up that way so put the boats on). Access is through the Halfmoon Lake Campground and there is a user fee (I can't recall how much, maybe $10 for the car?).
There is a boat launch with a beach, dock, swimming area, playground, and picnic tables. There are also washrooms and a change room a bit further back. I think they sell ice cream at the gate.
We had both cloudy and smokey skies the day we were there. The lake is long and narrow and can have a lot of boats on it in the weekend. It was pretty quiet early on a Sunday morning.
Basically you get a weedy edge that immediately gives way to forest. There are a fair few cabins on the north edge and maybe one of two on the south.
The east end of the lake had quite a lot of weeds.
We chased a heron most of the way from the east end to the west.
There were a lot of ducks and a couple of loons in the west end, which is also swampy. Plus whatever the hell that floating scaly root thing is.
We had a nice tail wind heading back. Maybe an hour around the lake?
Overall, this is a so-so lake. I'd paddle here again if I was in the area. I'm not sure I'd drive up again without a good reason.
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