Your first question will probably be. “Where’s Desmond Lake?”

You have probably spotted it from the Coquihalla Highway as you climb the hill toward Surrey Summit.    It lies below on the west side, a shallow, marshy lake on the Surrey Lake FSR.   There is no launch and only marshy, muddy shoreline.   A paddle around the shoreline is 2.2 km.

Much of the lake was shallow, but there were some marl shoals too, providing some clear water.    Two loons fished on the lake in the deep area on the east side.  Ducks and ducklings scuttled off as I paddled the shoreline.

It is probably rare for anyone to put a boat on this marshy lake:

I doubt I will paddle this one again, but I’m happy to have done it once…