It was raining on the West Chilcotin Plateau.   While traveling east on Highway 20 there was a break in the weather right at Nimpo Lake, so I found a boat launch and paddled out into the quiet lake.   There was no wind and no other boats on this larger lake.

It is too big a lake to go all the way around (27km) so I chose a loop through the middle, going around 3 islands.   Birds kept me company along the shoreline and loons were on the hunt on the lake.

The Coast Range was in sight 30 km to the west, and the Itcha Ilgachuz Range could be seen 40km to the north, but the terrain of the area is mostly trees on a rolling plateau at 3700 feet.

Nimpo Lake is the Floatplane Capital of B.C. but no planes took off or landed until after I was finished paddling.   It is a destination fishing area and there are a number of resort accommodations on the lake, though all were quiet on a weekday in June.   I scouted out some more lakes for exploration in a kayak – Charlotte Lake, Tatla Lake, Punzi Lake, Tatlayoko Lake, and a lot of smaller lakes too, all earmarked for future trips.