Thunder Lake

In late June, we took a trip up past Barrhead to Thunder Lake. We put in at the day-use area in the provincial park. There is a public boat launch a bit further down the road but the park is nicer.

The park has pit toilets, picnic tables, fire pits, as well as a beach and play area. This year there was also a kayakomat on site. From the car to the water is about 30 feet, with a slight step down to the shore. The water was iced-tea coloured.

The lake was like glass, with no boats or wind when we got there so we headed across to the south shore and turned west, working out way to the far end.

We saw lots of wildlife, including some deer and beavers.

The real story was the birds. There were loons and heron and cormorants and thousands of ducks and about 100 pelicans.

After having lunch on the water, we turned around and had a slight tail wind back towards the beach just as the afternoon waters started to churn up the lake.

Overall, one of the nicest paddles at Thunder Lake that we've had. It looks like we went about 12km in 2.5 hours (I was beat!).