Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

SHAWNIGAN LAKE

Shawingan Lake is a small community of vacation homes and private cottages with limited public access. Plenty of B&B's and summer rentals, small Provinical Park on western side and Memory Island Prov. Park a small island at the southern end of the Lake. The lake contains rainbow and cutthroat trout, kokanee and smallmouth bass, warm water makes it a popular boating and swimming area during the summer months. The surrounding areas provides great cycling and mountain biking terrain.

West Shawingan Lake Park - Day use, swimming and picnicing.

The Trans Canada Trail skirts the western side of Shawnigan Lake, though Duncan and the Cowichan Valley, then north to Nanaimo

Koksilah River Provincial Park, Renfrew Road, Shawnigan Lake, just 3km up the road from the Kinsol Trestle section of the Trans Canada Trail.

Newly Reopened Kinsol Trestle - Shawnigan Lake - Trans Canada Trail
Access to the Trans Canada Trail which skirts Shawnigan Lake can be found near the end of Sooke Lake Road at the Southern end of Shawnigan lake. Turn off the Malahat Drive (Hwy 1) at the Shawnigan Lake Rd. (South) turn off. Sooke Lake Rd. left hand side just before West Shawnigan Lake Rd.

Kinsol Trestle TCT access, northern end of the lake via Renfrew Road.
For more in-depth information and maps on the Trans Canada Trail visit - TRAILS BC Vancouver Island Region Directory
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