I paddled Shumway Lake on a sunny cool morning.    I hauled my kayak over the bank from the area just outside the Paddling Center.   A paddle of the whole lake is about 8 km.

The facilities on the lake were built in 1991 by the 1993 Canada Games Society in partnership with the local rowing and canoeing/kayak clubs (I was the manager of sports and facilties at the time and was part of the design and installation team).   Access to the facility is now for Club members only so the general public has to access other spots on the lake to launch and land.

The main part of the lake has a 2000m racing course supported by an underwater cable system.   The above-water course had not yet been installed as I paddled down the lake.

Although the highway is on the west side of the lake, the east side is quiet and there were lots of ducks, geese, and shoreline birds.