In early September, I hauled my boat down to East Pit Lake. Access to East Pit requires carrying the boat over 1000 feet from the parking lot with a pretty significant elevation change, so generally I end up going here on my own with my kayak riding on my head.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
East Pit Lake
Saturday, March 9, 2024
East Pit Lake
In early October, I ventured out to East Pit Lake, just north of Wabamun. The lake was lovely; the approach is the challenge here. The carry is about 1500 feet but with a 150-foot elevation change. I've always gone with others so we could cooperate for the carry; today was my first time on my own.
Saturday, November 26, 2022
East Pit Lake
In mid-August, we took a second trip out to East Pit Lake, just north of Wabamun on a Sunday evening. The parking lot (which is small) was nearly full but it was entirely with people fishing on the edge.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
East Pit Lake
In late May, we went out to East Pit Lake, which is about 1km north of the Wabamun Village exit on Highway 16. This is a man-made lake over an old quarry (the whole areas looks to have been strip mined about 25 years ago).
The lake itself is about 1.5 km long and maybe half a km wide. We did a full circuit in about an hour taking our time.
There were also some beaver, an osprey, loons, mergansers, and lots of red-winged blackbirds.