Blackwater Lake

Blackwater Lake, Vancouver Island, BC
Blackwater Lake, Photo By Bud Logan

Blackwater Lake is long, narrow, and somewhat winding, with a range of shoreline features including reed and sedge-filled bays, rocky points, and an interesting estuary at the south end of the lake where the water from Amour Lake flows in via a short creek. Just about every time we visit this lake, we see river otters playing along the shore. Watching these comical little creatures sliding along on their bellies as their friends all try to slide with each other is just awesome, or at a few spots that have clay banks, these whimsical little ones have created slides and will take turns sliding down into the lake with a splash.

Blackwater Lake is a great little lake for fishing. I personally like to fish where the creek that comes from amour lake flows in. I have never been skunked at blackwater lake and have fished there for 40 years. This is a long, narrow lake and is best fished from a canoe, there are several spots where you can camp that are ideal for putting in a canoe, kayak, or car-top boat.

Blackwater Lake, Vancouver Island, BC
Blackwater Lake, Photo By Bud Logan

Many other small lakes in the area are good for fishing, most have unimproved campsites. When fishing from the shore, I like to bottom fish this lake, if you can spin cast here, use a spinner with dark green in it. Trolling works well too. Fly-fishing at the shore from a canoe is the best though. I have caught some big trout here, the lake contains rainbow, cutthroat, and dolly varden trout.

There is plenty of wildlife here, you could see black bears, roosevelt elk, blacktail deer, wolves, cougars, and many types of smaller creatures along with river otters, look in the forest for an abundance of birdlife. Camping is great, and please remember to bring your camera.

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