Mohun Lake on Vancouver Island is approximately 10 km long and runs in a north-south direction. The lake is widely known as Mohun, but the northern part of the lake is called Goose Lake. Some maps list this while others just call the whole lake by Mohun. The goose lake section is my favourite for fishing, canoeing or kayaking. It’s full of small inlets, channels, and bays.
One of the Mohun Lake campgrounds is located right off the Menzies Bay mainline. This is a great spot to put in your canoes, you can take a short paddle up the lake to an island that has a campsite on its southwest corner. There is another one in the Mohun, Morton Lake area. This campground is built along the shore of Morton Lake but has a parking area right on Mohun which is only about 40 meters from Morton Lake.
Mohun Lake is not restricted to electric motors and gets a fair number of powerboats on it, with people fishing, water skiing, and sightseeing. So please be careful canoeing, and please avoid high speeds in boats when in the vicinity of canoes and kayaks.
At the narrows at the north end, you will find the remains of an old trestle that once spanned the lake, there are only the uprights left. This is the entrance to what is called goose lake, you will find this end to be much more exciting to explore by canoe or kayak, there are many bays to visit, and the fishing is awesome.
The wildlife here is incredible, you could see black bears, roosevelt elk, blacktail deer, cougars, or any number of smaller forest creatures like squirrels, pine martins, raccoons, or otters. The birdlife here is a wonder and birders will be kept busy recording the birds they see.