In this episode, I head to Lillooet Lake for 2 days of epic canoeing and vanlifing. I set up shop at a rec side on the In-Shuck-Ch Foest service road, and spent 2 days canoeing lilooet Lake. Day one, I head north towards Mount Currie, and paddle 17 kilometers total, with a nice stop at a sandy beach as well. The wind picked up just before I got back, but I made it fine, and because I was living in luxury with my 1998 GMC Safari van, the conditions at camp were irrelevant. I made mac and cheese with smokies for dinner, I didn't really nail it, but it was OK. More importantly I headed out canoeing in the opposite direction, south. I tried to get to a bridge way down on Little Lillooet Lake, but I ultimately didn't make it. What I did do was give an interesting lesson on the history of this area, which was home to the "Douglas Road", a land and water trade route that would of connected port Pemberton with Harrison Lake, which ultimately flows into the Fraser River. Which was a critical route in the BC gold rush days and before. It gets the name of "Douglas" because the first ever governor of the colony of British Columbia put it into action. That's right, the trade route that went through here actually predates Canada itself. While that's good history, the real action started when I canoed down a river that I couldn't canoe back up. I thought I was screwed, and I was, until the first boat I had seen in 2 days appeared. It turns out that it was a guy named Kolby, who runs a fishing guide company named Kolby's Fishing Adventures(@KolbysFishingAdventures on Instagram), and we was able to bring me and my canoe up river. It worked out really well, because I would of been absolutely screwed if he didn't show up. Not all heroes wear capes!
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28 авг 2024
