The Sandbar on Link Lake

August 13, 2021 

At the far end of Link Lake, and at the mouth of the Braden River, is a massive sandbar. 

We spent some time there one hot sunny day, and when we walked away from the water’s edge and in through the small shrubby trees it was amazing the amount of heat that was radiating off of the sand. 

It was a beautiful sandbar and we explored the whole thing, finding deer tracks and baby frogs. 

The fishing was good off of the bank out into the river, but the water was a little too cold to make us want to swim, even though the sun was hot. So, we headed to a better swimming spot. 

There was a beach across the lake and a bit further up than Triple Falls, and that was where we spent most of our swimming and beach time. It had a steep drop off for swimming, but it also had a large sandy area for relaxing and small enough rocks to walk around barefoot. Sitting on a log at the water’s edge we watched trout swimming along, patrolling the shallows. In the crystal clear water we could watch them coming, following the curves of the shoreline and occasionally coming up for a bug on the surface. 

Each day that we were out on the lake we relished in the summer weather. Last year in the month of August we got 341.5mm of rain compared to this year when we only got 166.5mm. We actually had a summer this year! 

We had some wonderful days up on Link Lake this year, and a summer that, although much wetter and colder than the rest of British Columbia, actually felt like summer.

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  1. JanOctober 18, 2021 at 3:52 PM

    Summer at the beach - great sandbar and cool little frog.

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