Pass Lake is located on the Lac du Bois Road about 2.5km past the McQueen Lake-Isobel Lake turn-off.   Access is through the Pass Lake Rec Site.   There are 13 camping spots at this fishing lake and a good boat launch.

This is a small lake and I used the SUP to do a 2.5km loop around the lake.    Lakes with a perimeter of 2-4 km are just right for the board, leaving larger lakes to the kayak.

The shoreline is shallow but the water is about 30′ deep for much of the middle section of the lake.

At the west end of the lake is a former Agriculture Canada Field Research Station.   This was established in 1886, at first as part of a federal forest fire lookout station, but later was made part of the Ag Canada Station in Brocklehurst which then was closed by the Conservative Government in 2013.   The land is currently leased to local ranchers.   When I paddled by, it was actively being used.

Beyond Pass Lake the road continues and becomes the Sawmill Lake Forest Service Road going into the high country near Saul Lake, Tranquille Lake, and beyond to Criss Creek.   Another branch heads over the O’Connor Road to Mt. Hyde and back to Westsyde.

This is a popular campsite fishing spot so paddlers are advised to pick less busy times to paddle the small lake.   On an early morning in September, there were no boats of the lake in an hour of quiet paddling.