Patricia Lake

A bright sunny morning greeted us during our May trip to Jasper so we decided to give Patricia Lake a go. You can access the lake in a couple of spots off Pyramid Lake. We chose the entry at the far northeast corner as it had an outhouse and good parking. This outhouse remains one of the nicest in the park, for whatever reason.

The carry was about 20m, just to the south of the parking area and it was a gentle, sandy entry. 

The lake was like glass for most of the 90 minutes it took us to go around (maybe a 5km perimeter).

The clarity of the lake is amazing and with bright sun and a calm surface, it is possible to see almost 30 feet down (note the cliff face below Jenn's kayak in the photo below).

We ran into a pair of loons at the far end.

The clam water also meant great reflections.

We spent a fair bit of time scanning the bottom. There is some WW2 wreckage in the lake but it starts at 45 feet down so is likely beyond what we could see.

We did find this boat bottom.

Plus a couple of sections of old dock.

Then a bunch of fish flies hatched and drove us away from shore (yuck!).

Back at the launch, we found hundreds of minnows snack on these frog eggs.

Overall, a great paddle, which is not always the case on Patricia if the wind comes up.