In late August, we stopped on our way back from Waterton at Payne Lake, just west of Cardston. Payne Lake is a reservoir and includes two campgrounds and a nice boat launch in the provincial recreation area.
There was a cement boat launch, a dock, and an easy gravel launch right in front of where we parked. There were also pit toilets.
The lake runs northwest to southeast and is about 3.5km long and 1 km wide. We went up the southwest shore.
Mostly the shoreline is trees and open grazing land and there were lots of cows.
The mountains in the distance were super pretty. The water was sometimes clear and sometimes had a bit of algae.
We saw lots of pelicans and there were a couple of small islands. Despite it being Friday afternoon at the height of summer, there was almost no one on the lake once we got out of the south end.
The north shore is more agricultural and really shows off the huge sky.
It was hot (28 degrees) and calm and a very nice paddle. Nothing super notable about the lake, but a very nice paddle. It looks us about 90 minutes to go around and we short-cutted the north bay cause we ran out of water!
As a note to myself, if I was to go back through here, I'd also look into Beaverdam Lake (just east), the Waterton Reservoir (to the north) and also Outpost Lake in Police Outpost Provincial Park, just south of Beazer.
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