One of the best lakes to kayak in our area is Badger Lake.    It is at the end of a longer bumpy gravel road.    We drive up the Knouff Lake Road and continue north.    There are lots of potholes, but we eventually reach the Badger Lake Road.   There is a BC Recreation Site on the northeast side of the lake, but there is a short road to a dedicated boat launch area before the site.     There is lots of parking and a good launch spot.    For this day, I launched and paddled north, past the campground and up to the north end of the lake.    From there I looped back on the other side, going into the back channel.     Some maps call this area the Spooney Lakes.     It is a long shallow and marshy area, perfect for kayaks, but not for motorized boats.

There was no wind and no mosquitoes at the launch.

The lake was like glass as I headed to the north end.    There is a dam at that end and I have never seen anyone at the dam access track.

There are some narrower spots lined by cattails in the back channels.

contAfter paddling around a bay in the back channel, I paddled north, then watched for the narrow channel (short cut) out to the main lake.

I finished the loop on the lake, paddling for about 90 minutes.    The lake was quiet and conditions were ideal.    Badger Lake will remain on my favourites list for a long time.