Buttle Lake is Vancouver Island’s answer to Banff’s famous Lake Louise. It’s a long narrow turquoise lake, bordered on both sites by towering majestic cliffs. It is an amazing place to spend a day or two or more padding and exploring. There are several hiking trails along the west shore that are only accessible […]
Buttle Lake
Buttle Lake – Strathcona

Last year, clients of mine picked up their newly canvased Chestnut Pal and headed off to Buttle Lake in Strathcona Park for a long weekend. Ever since then I’ve been wanting to try it and this last week (Aug 15-17) I did. I arrived at the Buttle Lake boat launch at the north end of […]