I created this blog for sharing my travels, especially those related to my volunteering and work travel, but I want to introduce the lake I grew up on. Clearwater Lake (Atikameg Lake in Cree) is stunningly beautiful, a jewel in northern Manitoba that is prized by the local population. The water is so clear that the bottom is visible at 11 m/35 ft. It’s a prime habitat for trophy-size lake trout, northern pike and whitefish, so this travelling accountant has done quite a bit of fishing in her day.
Because it is clear, huge, northern and has rock bottom, it is also very cold by normal swimming standards. In a hot summer the beaches will warm up to the definition of ‘cool’ at many other places I have been swimming. We are all happy to endure the cold because of the clean clear water. As kids we used to brace ourselves and dive in to speed up the process of becoming “numb”, and we would swim until our lips were blue.
I took an impromptu drive out to my favourite swimming spot for a sunset this past June. Once again, my Nirvana did not disappoint. I sought out the fossil I found as a girl and took this photo of it. I always go looking for it when I am there, relatively confident the large rock will be in the same place so long as my memory can find it.
Clearwater Lake Provincial Park
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