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Mahoney Lake - Okanagan
Location: N49 17.358 W119 34.912
Went to Mahoney Lake for a paddle (Robin and his friend Jim and myself). Interesting place. Deep mud shore and warm water. The natural bacteria in the lake causes it to have no life in the salt water lake says is a sign that was there. Smelt a bit like a sewer and a compost pile. Water tasted like saltwater, not that I drank it but while paddling getting the odd splash in the face/mouth. Sign said the water at the bottom of the lake stays at +15c all year around.
The salt water made you very buoyant, Robin in the distance.
Robin even tried the "mudbath" thing, as you can see Robin was sinking up to his knees in the mud, walking in the lake was next to impossible like quicksand.
Jim paddling Robin's kayak.
WARNING! Things not posed at the lake, at-least not anywhere obvious.
("...As it is an ecological reserve, camping and recreational activity is not permitted within the reserve boundaries...")
"Mahoney Lake
Mahoney Lake is unique in British Columbia and rare in the world. It is classified as a meromictic lake, meaning a lake with only partial circulation. The lake has a thin but highly concentrated layer of purple sulphur bacteria, called a sulphur bacterial plate, at a depth of about seven meters. As the lake has only partial circulation, the layer remains intact year after year. The water is also very saline, and will leave white salt deposits on skin, clothing and equipment after drying.
Mahoney Lake has been studied for over 20 years by aquatic ecologists from across Canada and as far away as New Zealand, Peru and Ireland. The lake is home to rare invertebrate animals, such as rotifers and a cocopods.
Mahoney Lake was designated an ecological reserve in 1990 to protect it from further degradation from public use. As it is an ecological reserve, camping and recreational activity is not permitted within the reserve boundaries.
Green Lake Trip MapMahoney Lake is located on Green Lake Road between the communities of Willowbrook and Okanagan Falls, in the hills to the west of the South Okanagan Valley."
http://www.oliverchamber.bc.ca/to_do/naturalist/mahoney_lake/mahone...
Went to Mahoney Lake for a paddle (Robin and his friend Jim and myself). Interesting place. Deep mud shore and warm water. The natural bacteria in the lake causes it to have no life in the salt water lake says is a sign that was there. Smelt a bit like a sewer and a compost pile. Water tasted like saltwater, not that I drank it but while paddling getting the odd splash in the face/mouth. Sign said the water at the bottom of the lake stays at +15c all year around.The salt water made you very buoyant, Robin in the distance.
Robin even tried the "mudbath" thing, as you can see Robin was sinking up to his knees in the mud, walking in the lake was next to impossible like quicksand.Jim paddling Robin's kayak.
WARNING! Things not posed at the lake, at-least not anywhere obvious.
("...As it is an ecological reserve, camping and recreational activity is not permitted within the reserve boundaries...")
"Mahoney Lake
Mahoney Lake is unique in British Columbia and rare in the world. It is classified as a meromictic lake, meaning a lake with only partial circulation. The lake has a thin but highly concentrated layer of purple sulphur bacteria, called a sulphur bacterial plate, at a depth of about seven meters. As the lake has only partial circulation, the layer remains intact year after year. The water is also very saline, and will leave white salt deposits on skin, clothing and equipment after drying.
Mahoney Lake has been studied for over 20 years by aquatic ecologists from across Canada and as far away as New Zealand, Peru and Ireland. The lake is home to rare invertebrate animals, such as rotifers and a cocopods.
Mahoney Lake was designated an ecological reserve in 1990 to protect it from further degradation from public use. As it is an ecological reserve, camping and recreational activity is not permitted within the reserve boundaries.
Green Lake Trip MapMahoney Lake is located on Green Lake Road between the communities of Willowbrook and Okanagan Falls, in the hills to the west of the South Okanagan Valley."
http://www.oliverchamber.bc.ca/to_do/naturalist/mahoney_lake/mahone...
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