Lac Beauvert


How to get there:

Go East from the Avalanche Esso gas station (big "E" on the map), across the train tracks, across the highway (#16) and take the first left turn at the sign for Lac Beauvert. Follow the road down, across the Old Fort Point Bridge, into the parking lot. Watch for joggers!

Level:

Another good novice site.

Conditions:

A very rocky entry from the parking lot. The bottom drops of very steeply from the parking lot to a maximum depth of about 80 feet. The water can be very cold (due to underwater vents spewing forth 4 degree Celsius water from Medecine Lake. The visibility varies with conditions but can be very good. The bottom is very silty and stirs up easily. The elevation of the lake is about 3500 feet.

Life:

Hardly any fish, although I have heard of people seeing large trout in the shallower water.

Precautions:

Lots of canoes and row boats.

Highlights:

The Japer Park Lodge overlooks the lake, straight ahead from the parking area. The golf course on the Eastern side of the lake provides a constant source of golf balls for watchful divers to recover. Look out for the underwater volcanoes that spew out very cold water.


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Last updated: July 30 1997