On a  grey, drizzly May morning I drove up toward Logan Lake, then turned onto the Paska Lake Road.   Just after the 8 km mark, I turned into the Paska Lake Recreation site.   All was quiet as I launched into the lake.

In spring there is a long channel hidden from the lake which can be paddled down and back.   It is the drainage for the lake, but has a lagoon-like quality.   In summer it is full of lily pads, but in spring it floods the shoreline where ducks and geese were nesting.

The channel is about 1 km long (one way) for an out-and-back exploration,  adding 2 km to the paddle around the lake.   From there I went around the south end of the lake and then back up the east side.

There are some shallow bays all along the east side of the lake, under the slopes of Chuwhels Mountain.

Rain clouds were all around and the showers started just after I had loaded the boat and started back.

There were no other people or boats on the lake.    I spotted an owl, a great blue heron, killdeer, loons, a muskrat, a woodpecker, and many ducks while paddling the 5km circuit at an elevation of 1451 m (4760 ft).

This can be a busy spot on weekends in the summer, but it is a perfect destination for a late spring paddle.