The Trans Canada Trail skirts the western side of
Shawnigan
Lake,
though Duncan
and the Cowichan
Valley, then north to Nanaimo
Kinsol Trestle - Shawnigan Lake - Trans Canada Trail
, 4km down Renfrew
Road, north
end of Shawnigan
Lake, is the bypass route for the Kinsol Trestle
section of the Trans Canada Trail just north of Shawnigan
Lake.
Access to the Trans Canada Trail 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.
Trans Canada Trail 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