McGillivray Lake can be accessed through Sun Peaks.   Take Sun Peaks Road to the McGillivray Lake Forest Service Road.   It is a 5.6 km drive on a gravel road to the McGillivray Outpost/Boat Launch.   A paddle around the lake (inc. all the shallow bays) is 5.8 km.   On a sunny weekend with an early start there were only a small number of boats on the lake.

Tod Mountain stands to the northwest, here seen between two islands in the lake.

In summer the marshy shoreline featured yellow lilies, an osprey, lots of sweet-scented marsh orchids, and a number of sedges, reeds, and rushes.

water lily	osprey
marsh orchid	little green sedge

McGillivray Lake is one of the lakes we paddle every year.   Nearby Morrisey Lake is smaller and we sometimes paddle it too as a second stop in the area.