Next Hike.

The next hike will be on Saturday, 27th August.

We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.

Last week we drove south past Bobs Lake and Angel Lake and parked on the sharp bend where the road passes the southern tip of Angel Lake. From here we walked a short distance along an old logging road that used to provide access down to the Cook Bay road. However, about a decade or so ago some diligent beavers raised the height of their dam and flooded a fairly long section of the road. Normally this would not have been too much of a problem in this area as the forest is fairly open, but this stretch of road had a very steep hillside on one side of it and much too steep for a bypass trail. Some years ago I started but did not finish a bypass so I decided to ask my hiking companions if they would like to help me finish the trail, which they did. We sat down for lunch beside the offending beaver dam and then headed back to our vehicle feeling very satisfied with our achievement.

This beaver pond seems to be especially suitable for treefrog reproduction as we found quite a number of them during our hike, some of the usual bright green variety, but others with darker colouring. My photo is of one of the darker individuals that allowed me to get close enough for a nice shot. Note the distinctive pads on it's fingertips.

JD.

A darker variety of the common Treefrog not far from Angel Lake.