Schoen Lake

Our first view of the lake...Beautiful

Looking east down the lake towards a clouded in Mount Schoen

nice private campsite with plenty of room

in the truck we built a plywood bed over the wheel wells
and stored all our bins under it. we were dry no matter
what the weather and slept on a king size mattress too

our canoe was loaded on Schoen Beach
and ready to go down to the far end

the mountain was still clouded in

finally Mount Schoen out from behind the clouds

our first stop is the beach straight ahead in the distance

that would be 1/2 way down this big crescent shape lake 

it was getting a little windy as we pulled in but the sun was out

Elk prints were everywhere

looking into the shadows the lake bears left again 

and then down to the end

at the end it's complete wilderness
the river comes in just to the left where the beach is

 it was time to relax after a long trip down in the canoe

now we could see the back side of Schoen 

a raven kept an eye on us and made all sorts of chatter 

back at camp Arlene found a warm spot to read

this guy dropped in for a quick coffee and a peanut to go

I got my rod and we found a trail that took us to the Davie River

and was rewarded with a beautiful cutthroat trout

we met Ron & Judy at the campsite and they were kind enough
to tow our boat down to the other end and enjoy a picnic with us

then back on the Davie we showed Ron how to flyfish

our next trip was in July 2010

now we had a camper, a 12' boat and 2 kayaks under the cover

we stayed overnight out side the park entrance




and drove the rest of the way in the morning

its a rough road into the campground so its better during the day

we followed the Davie River most of the way in

Schoen Lake Provincial Park

looking east from the campground beach

Schoen had gotten fresh snow overnight

so our campsite was ready for any weather

now it was time to set up the boat & motor

we're off down the lake in our new boat

we laugh at the wind now without the canoe

not much luck on this troll

and no luck at the river at the far end...but she sure has great style

the wind was cold on our way back up the lake

then it warmed up that evening...great for the kayaks

I wanted to explore the Davie River again

It was completely different

the lake is just beyond this log jam

thus the river runs slower now and has a nice pool

just like the last trip I got another beauty
cutthroat to take back to camp

we spotted a grouse foraging for some food 

and a whiskey jack waiting for a handout 

Ralph and Jake

one of the nicest little parks on the island