Finding High Beach |
Kejick Bay is actually an island. It
used to be a Bay until the lake was flooded. As I walk around the
community It seems to be mostly sand. I have yet so see any solid
rock anywhere. I think I discovered the entire island is composed of
sand.
There are two nice sand beaches the
community use. Yes, in tropical Northern Ontario it seems that
although they have a brutal winter, they also have a nice hot summer
and people are already swimming in the lake here. The main beach is
called “low Beach”, and it is a regular sort of beach, with sand
and driftwood. You get to it down a short road/path off the road into
the community.
The other beach, as you might have
guessed, is called “High Beach”. I had heard about this spot, and
Alisha had insisted that I had to go see High Beach; it was pretty
amazing. So, on a morning with no chores to do – the boat was in
the water, and Derek was doing drywall (Not my best skill), Alisha
dropped me off at a path leading into the forest, pointing up a hill.
Her only instruction was “Don't go
down to the lake, or you won't
get back up.”. Confusing instructions since I thought I was
supposed to go see this beach.
The path was a well worn but twisting
route through a forest of mature red pine trees. After a couple of
minutes, I came out into a clearing in the forest with tall pine
trees and a sandy beach. Walking to the edge of the clearing, I
peered down at Lac Seul. I was standing on a beautiful sandy beach
100 feet above the lake. A steeply sloping incline led down to the
shore of the lake. I now knew why she warned me not to go down to the
lake. Climbing up a 100 foot sand dune would have been a difficult
task.
As you walk around the community there
is sand everywhere, but the community is on a lake so you do not
think so much about it, but standing on sand 100 feet high you cannot
help but be awed by how this island was formed. This area must have
been part of an ocean or a desert at one time and all this sand was
deposited here over eons many many years ago.
Alisha was right, High Beach really was
amazing. As I stood in the sand overlooking the spectacular views out
over the lake, I had to agree that this is definitely a “Must see”
location in Kejick Bay. Later the same day I got to see the same
sight from a boat out on the lake as we searched out a good fishing
spot, and it was as spectacular from that viewpoint.