We have been planning to paddle the larger lakes off the Highway 24 corridor and we chose a late summer day to spend the day on Bridge Lake.   The lake is fairly big to paddle the entire shoreline in a day (23 km), so we chose to paddle around the groups of islands on the southern half of the lake, a total of about 17 km on a windy day.

We started at the boat launch at Bridge Lake Provincial Park and paddled north past some smaller islands to the leeward shores of Long Island.   We enjoyed exploring the shoreline of the islands, working our way west.   We particularly liked the small chain of islands and the shallow waters between them at the west end of the lake.

On this day, we also explored the Bridge Lake Ice Caves.   We will return to paddle Lac des Roches, Deka Lake, Sheridan Lake, Sulphurous Lake, Crystal Lake, and more, all part of our 60 lakes project.

Coordinates:

• turn off onto the Cottonwood Bay Road, then north onto the Bridge Lake Park Road
• launch at N51 29.105 W120 42.114