On a warm summer morning I drove through Logan Lake, then down to Tunkwa Lake Provincial Park.     Most boats launch from the campground boat launch, but I prefer to park and launch from the day use area.    It is less used and on this day, there was no one else there.    The launch is on the southeast corner of the lake.    By mid-August the lake was down from both evaporation and draw down.     Many of the shallow bays were full of aquatic vegetation and the lake had some algae, but the main part of the lake was open water and I launched into calm waters.

In some of the bays on the west side, smartweed was in bloom, filling the waters with pink knotweed flowers.

I paddled around the lakeshore in about 90 minutes.    Cumulus clouds were turning to cumulonimbus clouds to the south and by the end there were some rumbles of thunder.

Tunkwa and Leighton Lake are favorite spots to paddle and hike.   Last year I paddled Leighton Lake, then hiked the Leighton Lake Trail.    This is planned again for late summoer or early fall.

We have also snowshoed around the edge of the lake in winter when the roads can be driven.    If conditions are right, we hope to return in late winter.