Each year I try to paddle on some new lakes.    In this last year I paddled a few of them, including Black Lake and Fred Lake.

Black Lake is located in Roche Lake Provincial Park.    It is a destination lake for fishing, but the road in is very rough.    I have driven it, but regretted it and vowed never to do it again.    I have hiked the road a few times, usually on a loop route hike past a series of lakes.    I hiked in with a folding kayak in a backpack and paddled around the lake twice (4 km).    There were fishermen who had driven in.    I talked to one of them who was camped there.    He said he just drives very slowly in and out.    It is a very nice lake and one I will return to paddle.

Fred Lake lies in a forested area east of Lac le Jeune.    We can drive backroads (Ross Moore FSR), but the last access track is too narrow, overgrown, and rough for most vehicles.   I packed in my folding kayak and paddled twice around the lake (3.5 km).    It is surrounded by forest, but it may be a burned area now with lots of fallen trees.    It lies only 0.7 km from Ross Moore Lake.    Because of this, it may be a once-only lake.

More lesser-known lakes to come…