Guelph Lake

We spent a day kayaking at Guelph Lake Conservation Area in September of 2010. We were actually camped at Rockwood CA, a short distance from this lake. Guelph Lake was created when a dam was built on the Speed River in 1974. It's a decent size lake for exploring from a kayak and a nice bonus is the supposedly good fishing opportunities. It was a cool September morning when we launched at the park. We spent time exploring the shoreline where we were shocked at the difference in water level between Spring and September. The high water lines on shore were amazing. Check out some photos:

Guelph Lake Launch

Where the old road ends.

Guelph Lake beach in the distance

Dave, fearless kayak fisherman

Spring flood level.

We brought our lunch with us and enjoy it along the beautiful shoreline. The weather didn't improve unfortunately and by the time we packed up and headed back to the launch, we had some wave action. The shape of my hull doesn't allow waves to come in the cockpit easily, but Dave's boat is a little different and he ended up pretty wet. Come to think of it, so did I but that was because I suffered from a rather challenged entry when we launched after shore lunch and almost flipped my kayak over. Duh!! It was good for a laugh, what else can I say. Here are a couple pics of our paddle back to the launch.

A little rough

Dave kayaking

Guelph Lake was a nice place to kayak and we didn't even finish exploring it's entire 1,608 hectares. I'm sure we'll come back here again. Incidentally, Dave the fearless kayak fisherman did not catch any fish here despite the glowing reports. You can find the link to Grand River Conservation on my links above.