Surrounding Lakes Access

There are hundreds of beautiful Lakes around Kamloops perfect fo paddling, fishing,and camping. These are often surprisingly well served, especially the larger and closer lakes such as Paul Lake, Redd Lake, and Montey Lake. It is interesting that they seem to have garnered more attention from the Provincial Parks Service than have our waterways closer to town. This is probably due to the fact that they are a little different than what we have in town and so more value has been placed on them historically. Also, they are very nice places to escape the heat in summer and are seen as more pristine. It also is also probably due in large part to the hard work of local fishing associations who fought for their protection and for public access. Our hats are off to you fisher-people! Now lets fight to get the same services here in everywhere.

Paul Lake

• Priority for improvement: Low
• Best Feature: Excellent Provincial Park with many amenities
• Special Concerns: The park is under a lot of pressure in the summer months
• Parking: Good
• Access to Water: Good
• Signage: Good

Redd Lake

• Priority for improvement: Moderate
• Best Feature: Easy access to a really nice small lake for paddling
• Special Concerns: There isn't a lot of parking
• Parking: Fair
• Access to Water: Good
• Signage: Fair

Roche Lake

• Priority for improvement: Low
• Best Feature: There is a good Forest Service Recreation Site for this scenic lake
• Special Concerns: The park is under a lot of pressure in the summer months
• Parking: Fair
• Access to Water: Good
• Signage: Good

Monty Lake

• Priority for improvement: Moderate
• Best Feature: Many small pull outs with easy access to the water
• Special Concerns: The scattered pull access points have few amenities: signage, garbage cans, benches, etc.
• Parking: Good
• Access to Water: Good
• Signage: Poor

Hefley Lake

• Priority for improvement: Low
• Best Feature: Good access with a Forest Service Recreation Site
• Special Concerns: The park is under a lot of pressure in the summer months
• Parking: Good
• Access to Water: Good
• Signage: Good

Lac la Jeune

• Priority for improvement: Low
• Best Feature: The Provincial Park here offers many excellent amenities
• Special Concerns: The park is under a lot of pressure in the summer
• Parking: Good
• Access to Water: Good
• Signage: Good

Shumway Lake

• Priority for improvement: Low
• Best Feature: The KCKC has an excellent training center here and race lanes set up
• Special Concerns: There is no public access point for recreational paddlers
• Parking: Fair
• Access to Water: Fair
• Signage: Fair

Pinantan Lake

• Priority for improvement:
• Best Feature: There is easy access to the water with a grassy beach and boat launch
• Special Concerns: The park is under a lot of pressure in the summer
• Parking: Good
• Access to Water: Good
• Signage: Fair

Deep Lake

• Priority for improvement: Moderate
• Best Feature: This is one of several interesting small glacial tarn lakes in Lac du Bois Grasslands Park
• Special Concerns: Parking and signage at the trailhead is very limited.
• Parking: Poor
• Access to Water: Poor (This is a hike in lake)
• Signage: Poor

Lac du Bois

• Priority for improvement:
• Best Feature: Beautiful scenery in the transition zone from grassland to forest
• Special Concerns: The trail network could be extended to go around the lake
• Parking: Fair
• Access to Water: Fair
• Signage: Fair