These are popular fishing lakes so if you want to paddle around the shoreline, pick a weekday or go there in shoulder season. Both have interesting shorelines to explore.

Jacko Lake

Paddle this lake before the new Ajax Mine opens. After that, it will be a disaster zone. Drive toward Lac le Jeune and just past Inks Lake, turn east on a gravel road. Follow the road to a grassy parking area and a good area to launch. The distance around the shoreline is 3.5km (if you go into all the small bays). Grasslands border the lake. On a windy day, the lake is down in a bowl so you will get some protection, but there are only a few trees so just stay close to the shoreline.

Roche Lake

Roche Lake lies at a higher elevation (3762 feet) than the grassland lakes below so is mostly surrounded by uplands forests. On a hot day, this is a good choice, but it also gets a lot of summer use since there are two BC Parks campsites, one on each side of the lake, a resort, and private cabins. We prefer to paddle Roche in the shoulder season. The distance around the shoreline is about 8.8 km.

These lakes are the domain of fishermen so give a wide berth to their boats and lines. Pick times that are less busy and respect the quiet of the lake.