Saul Lake
Saul Lake is on the Sawmill Lake Forest Service Road about 30 km northwest from Kamloops. A short drive leads to a boat launch and an open spot for camping.
The whole area is very open with cutblocks and replanted areas all around. There are also extensive marshes to the east.
The bays on the east side are full of water lilies.
Moose sometimes eat all the lily buds, but there were a few starting to bloom on the east end of the lake.
A channel leads to the eastern marshes.
There were loons and ospreys on the lake, always a sign that there are fish in the lake.
The paddle around the shoreline of the lake is about 3.3 km. Given the traveling distance to this lake, paddlers may want to combine Saul Lake with another lake like Truda (7 km away) or Tranquille Lake (13 km farther). Saul Lake is a very pleasant paddle so 2 loops might be just as good a choice.
This looks great.I have not paddled Saul but I am going to go thurs (27degrees ?)sun wow photograsphs and fish and maybe moose,muscrat etc I’m more interested in the marsh/wet lands paddle It looks open enough for enjoyable paddling I’ll meet you there just before noon.
I went to Saul today around noon.Lovely little lake .East end wet lands are impressive.No moose or deer or anything but loons and ravens.Beautifull day great paddle .I cleaned up the camp sight a bit but it wasn’t bad. No traffic (three vehicles all day ) until 5 pm (Quiting time ) 12 vehicles in 15 min. I will go back.The road (Sawmill cr fsr is rough and hard on the truck. but take your time and you will get there safely.Thanks for the tip.