| Description |
Location |
Details |
Other Info |
| Starting Point - Kamloops |
Junction Hwy 1 and Hwy 5A |
Old highway to Merritt
Caution! narrow, winding road. Stop at designated pullouts only |
Located at Aberdeen Mall exit; also Kamloops Information Centre |
Shumway Lake
DUC Project |
20 km south on Hwy 5A - winding highway, stop only at designated pullouts |
Long narrow lake. Viewpoint located at south end of lake |
Kamloops Rowing Club training facility
Shumway Equestrian Centre
ice fishing only |
| Roche Lake Recreation Area turnoff |
25km south - access between Shumway and Trapp Lakes - large sign |
Access to popular recreation area (12km), DUC projects
(Horseshoe, John Frank,) and other wetlands |
Roche Lake Lodge, Roche Lake Provincial Park, trout fishing lakes, hunting, atv/dirt biking, snowmobiling, hiking, etc |
Trapp Lake
DUC project |
25km south - just pass Roche Lake turnoff - left side |
Long narrow lake, subject to winds, no designated
viewpoints |
none, poor access, private land |
| Ritchie and Napier Lakes |
approx 30-35km south, left side of highway |
long narrow lakes, waterfowl along edges and at ends of the lakes |
surrounded by private land; fantastic viewpoint at south end of Napier Lake near top of the hill; colourful algae blooms |
Tulee Marshes
DUC project |
36km south - left side of highway |
small watering reservoirs under agreement between DUC and Stump Lake Guest Ranch |
view from roadside (caution)
entrance to Stump Lake
Guest Ranch - Historic Ranch |
| Stump Lake |
approx 40-50km |
Large recreational lake, exclusive lots and development opportunities, various points of access along Hwy 5A,one picnic site; best waterfowl viewing at south end of lake |
World class trout fishing, windsurfing and waterskiing, picnic site |
| Peter Hope Lake Turnoff |
55km south - turn left, approx 5km to lake |
camping-forestry rec site; time share real estate opportunitie; Peter Hope Lake Resort; wetlands at north and south ends of lake |
fishing, hunting; lake is used as a reservoir; co-operative stewardship program (including DUC) to restore balance of the natural habitat |
Beaver Flats Ranch and Wetlands
DUC project |
60km south - project on right side of road at special viewing location; parking area |
High profile DUC project - particularly popular waterfowl spring and fall staging; significant nesting area - visitors are welcome to hike the footpath around the lower marsh |
part of the Girard Guichon Ranch; particularly good for watching other birds; excellent water invertibrate study area |
| Nicola Lake |
approx 63-85kms south on 5A |
large recreational lake, fishing, water sports, waterfowl and other birds like eagles and ospreys - look for nests in trees along route |
Historic Quilchena Ranch / Hotel / Golf; Nicola Ranch; Upper Nicola Indian Band; access to Douglas Lake Ranch, Nicola Lake Yacht Club, camping, RV Park; important dam and control at south end; access to Monck Provincial Park - south end |
Nicola River Corridor
DUC co-operative project |
85-95kms on 5A
-privately-owned reach of the Nicola River and associated floodplain that extends 10km from Nicola Lake to Merritt |
co-operative wetland project managing for agriculture, wildlife and fish |
access to Nicola Lake Ranch, Monck Provincial Park, Nicola Lake (north/west shore), old town of Nicola |
