Shuswap Overland Adventures

Shuswap Overland Adventures One Fish in Each Lake

By Jason Lutterman jump and my fly rod dove to

Not often, but as often as possible, I ward the water, moments later a stretch out a map, drag my finger across it beautiful Rainbow lay in my net. and stop on a place I’ve never been. Satisfied I paddled back to camp Sometimes it’s a place suggested over and we stayed until morning. casual conversations held while leaning on I am a huge fan of old ships the hood of a dirty truck or by a campfire. and just around the corner in Other times, it’s a plan made by someone Kaslo sits the SS. Moyie, the else that now includes me and I’m a fan of oldest intact steam powered padgoing prepared. dlewheel of its kind in the world.

This 1000 km trek began in the later Launched in 1898, it is now a fashion. With the dogs anxious from tourist draw in this small town. watching us pack and Standing downtown Sugar Lake prep for the last few looking around makes days, we set off for Sugyou feel like you have favourite spots along the Arrow Lakes. A ar Lake to meet some gone 100 years into the spot that has welcomed me before after family and spend a few past. plans had gone sideways. Not where I days camping and fishAfter replenishing some expected to be but happy I was there, I ing together. It was to be supplies, we carried on took to the water with a paddle and rod. It the first stop on our “no toward our next destinawas nearly a 2km paddle to my favourite obligations” road trip. tion, Trout Lake. The spot and as I got there and began my rou

Almost instantly I trip would lead us tine, I almost instantly felt that priceless had already ruined that through Gerrard, a small tug. A Rainbow had taken my line and theme by promising my Northern Pike Minnow town known for the Gertonight’s dinner was provided by the cold young nephew that I would rard Trout. A government waters of the Arrow lakes. catch him a fish. Letting down a four-year fish hatchery was built there in 1914 and Two days were spent paddling back -old wasn’t going to happen. Not long fry from there were stocked and forth along the shoreline. The after, through the winding roads of Cherthroughout the province and trip was coming to and end but ryville and many kilometres down a dry sold to the USA. They are that craving for a new place was dusty forest service road, stood me waste known for their incredible still lingering. With some well deep in my waders throwing a line into the size, many 30 inches or bigplayed timing we managed to get still lake and with a quick splash, I kept ger and up to 18 lbs. The bigthe last of 105 campsites located my promise. I reeled in a fish for my gest recorded was caught in at Blanket Creek and finished our nephew to see and for him to release back 1976 weighing in at 35.5 Lbs. adventure standing in the mist of into the emerald water. We arrived at Trout Lake Sutherland Falls located within

After two nights, we said our goodbyes but not to what we expected. the Provincial park somewhere and carried on to Summit Lake, another The access to the campsites we had never been. location mentioned over the glow of a had been dug up and a spray We are here for such a short campfire. Not knowing what to expect I painted sign made it clear time, turn off your phone, find a was pleasantly surprised by this small lake local fear over Covid 19 was copy of the Shuswap Scoop, grab located in a scenic valley. Quickly we to blame. Caught off guard your paddle and slide your finger made camp and I was able to paddle out in but not defeated, we carried across the creases of a new map. the kayak and take in the view. on through Galena Bay and Hazel is anxious for Adventure is the key to happi

Almost like a gift the fish began to across the ferry to one of our another adventure ness.

• Arts Council for the South Shuswap -

Karen Brown 250.515.3276 •Blind Bay Community Society

Phone: 250-675-3919 Email: blindbayhall@gmail.com • Blind Bay painters - Betty Schriver 250-675-2249 - bschrive@telus.net • Blind Bay Garden Club - Susan 250-835 -2351 or Donald 778-490-5008 •Carlin Country Market - carlinpac@hotmail.com, Angela Inskip 250-833-2094 • Carlin Elementary Middle School PAC - Carlinpac@hotmail.com, Angela Inskip 250-833-2094 • Chase Fish & Game Club -

Helen 250-679-8019 • Copper Island Seniors Resource Services (CISRS) - (beside Spinnaker Cafe) 250- 675-3661, email: cisrcbb@gmail.com. • CRIMESTOPPERS 1-800-222-8477 • CSRD Area C Director - Paul Demenok, : 250-517-0810, pdemenok@csrd.bc.ca FIRE DEPARTMENTS • Eagle Bay - 4445 Eagle Bay Rd., Chief

Alan Rendell, 250-517-0429,

EagleBayVFD@csrd.bc.ca • Sorrento Hall #1 - 1164 Passchendale Road, Chief Gary Hoult, 250-675-3555,

ShuswapVFD@csrd.bc.ca • Sorrento Hall #2 - 2505 Greer Rd.,

Chief Gary Hoult, 250-675-4441,

ShuswapVFD@csrd.bc.ca • Tappen/Sunnybrae - 3732 Sunnybrae

Canoe Point Rd., Chief Ryan Gray, 250-835-8696

TappenSunnybraeVFD@ csrd.bc.ca • White Lake - 3607 Parri Rd.

Chief Bryan Griffin, 250-835-4500,

WhiteLakeVFD@csrd.bc.ca • Fire Services Coordinator - Sean

Coubrough, 250-833-5955 scoubrough@csrd.bc.ca FIRST RESPONDERS - Debbie Edwards; thebackacher@telus.net. • GT Dragon Boat Society -

Susan Eisenberger, 250-803-6864 www.gtdragonboatsociety.ca HEALTH SERVICES • South Shuswap Health Services Society

Sue McCrae - 250-675-3661 http://sshss.ca/ • Sorrento Health Centre – 250-803-5251 • Sorrento Health Centre Society –

Marilyn Clark, 250-675-2449 • Lions Club - Email: sorrentolionsclub@yahoo.ca / Web: Sorrento

Lions Club - Lions e-Clubhouse • North/ South Shuswap Comm. Resource - nsscr@live.ca, Leigh 250-515-4682

ROAD MAINTENANCE - Acciona Infrastructure Maintenance Inc - 1-866 222-4204. Vernon Moti office: 250-503-3664. email: aimroads@acciona.ca • Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) South

Shuswap - Leigh Schaffer 250-675- 4818, lschaffer@orl.bc.ca • Shuswap Better at Home - Central Intake 250-253-2749, sbahintake@outlook.com • Shuswap Community Foundation - 250-832-5428 www.shuswapfoundation.ca •Shuswap Hospice Society - 250-832-7099, 250-675-2568 (Sorrento) • Shuswap Lake Aero Modelers -1-866- 293-3851, info@slams.ca, www.slams.ca • Shuswap Theatre Society - shuswaptheatre.com & facebookbook.com Shuswaptheatre/ • South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce -

Karen Brown 250-515-0002, manager@southshuswapchamber.com • Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue -

Luke Gubbles 250-803-1095, shuswapvsar.org • Shuswap Tennis - sletennisclub@gmail.com • Shuswap Waterfront Owners Association (SWOA) info@SWOA.ca, www.SWOA.ca • Sorrento & Area Community Association (SACA) - saca@sorrento-shuswap.ca.

Brenda Puetz 250-675-2599 • Sorrento Food Bank Tina Hysop 250- 253-3663 sorrentofoodbank.ca • Sorrento Minor Ball -

Geoff 250-804-6923, sorrentominorball@gmail.com • South Shuswap Canada Day Committee -

Tammy Packer 250.463.2495 • Victim Services - Guy Ramsay 250-679-8638

White Lake Community Hall Society - 3617 Parri Road, 778-231-8810 whitelakehall@cablelan.net • White Lake Residents Assoc. - (WLRA) email: info@wlra.ca / www.wlra.ca • White Lake New Horizons Seniors Club

Tim Hoy 250-835-2141

SORRENTO/BLIND BAY

•South Shuswap Library - open for “Browse and Borrow” and the computers are available. All BC SRC reading logs continue until September 15. Challenge trackers must be submitted by Sept. 4. Email completed tracker to contest@orl.bc.ca Virtual Story Times will be offered weekly Sept. 21 – Nov. 28. Check online at www.orl.bc.ca for Story Times dates and other awesome fall programs for all ages. •Sorrento Centre Activities: for info about all events go to https://www.sorrentocentre.ca/ •Creative Ladies with Lisa Lindsay - at Sorrento Centre Sept 10 to 13. •Out of the Blue with Catherine Nicholls - 4 day workshop Sept. 27 to Oct 2 •Best Friends Quilters - Oct 4 - 9 •Silk Painting Workshop with Susan Aylard Sept. 26, at Blind Bay Hall. Contact: Agnes (250) 253-5200 •Sorrento Lions Club Meat Draw - starts Sept. 18. Fridays 5 - 7 pm at Copper Island Grill. •Stampin’Up! - Sept 25 - 27 at Sorrento Centre. unlimited access to Stampin’ Up! tools including: Die Cutting Machines, Dies, Embossing Folders, Punches, and stamps all weekend long. Evening Bingo, prizes, meals and more! FMI and to register go to http://shuswapculture.ca/ •Blind Bay Memorial Hall Regular events: •Blind Bay Painters: Tues 9am - 3pm Contact: Trudy (250)835-0039 •Full Throttle Fitness: every Mon., Wed., Fri., Contact: Lindsey (250)253-0320 •Impulse Movement: Mon., Tues., Wed., Start Date Pending. Contact: Melissa (780)996-0623 •Fit to Go: every Tues and Thurs. Contact: Louise (204) 773-6796 •Sorrento Preschool Registration - Mondays and Wednesdays mornings and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. All of our programs can be found at http://www.nsscr.ca/

EAGLE BAY HALL

•Water Colour Art Class by Debbie McKinnon - Tuesdays 1 - 3pm starting Sept. 8 (tentative). 6 weeks. Covid compliant. Sallyanne to register 250 -675-3884 or email jekamanzi@hotmail.com •Spanish Classes at Eagle Bay Hall - Sept. 10 to Nov 26. 1 - 3pm. Currently full. To be on waiting list please call Sallyanne 250-675-3884

•Quilters group - starts up Sept. 14. Call Inez 250 675-4531 for more info. •Garden Club Meeting - Sept. 10 at 10am. Please call (250 675-2125) or email Carol Newton (theeagleshack@gmail.com) by September 8 if you are planning on attending. •Crafters - reconvene on Wednesdays starting Sept. 16. Pre-register with Dot 250 675-4531. •Fitness with Russ - starts Tues, Sept. 17 Tues & Thu, 9 to 10:15 am. FMI Wanda 250-675-5098

TAPPEN/SUNNYBRAE

•Arts Council for the South Shuswap, FACES - Registration now open - ballet, contemporary dance, private music lessons, and art. The choir and theatre programs are suspended for the time being. FMI and registration: www.shuswaparts.com.

SALMON ARM & AREA

•Go by Bike Week - Sept 28 to Oct 4. Register www.gobybike.ca to get healthy, fit and have fun. Win prizes. Organized by the Shuswap Cycling Club. FMI www.shuswaptrailalliance.com •Alexander Plaza Street Party - Saturday, Sept. 5. 9am to 3pm. Artisans, vendors, live music •Art Gallery Exhibition - “The Forecast” - Now Open, until October 10 at Salmon Arm Art Gallery. Exhibition features 8 local artists interpreting evidence of climate change through photography and mixed media. Gallery open Tues to Sat. 11am to 4pm. www.salmonarmartscentre.ca •Salty Dog Virtual Series - Sept 1 - 30. Registration is FREE and will include prizing for three categories (1, 3 or 5 laps) FMI go to https:// zone4.ca/event/2020/3D5C52A0/ •Salmon Arm Pride Project - 3 day arts & awareness festival, Sept. 25 to Sept. 27. This is the inaugural year of what is hoped to be a significant LGBTQ2S+ arts festival. Art exhibitions, Silent Disco all ages dance party, storytelling, Inner Rainbow sound bath, and more at Salmon arm Arts Centre and the Nexus at First. FMI visit http://shuswapculture.ca/ •Fair Realty Grand Opening - 2nd location Sept 25, 3 to 7pm. See the ad on page 27

NORTH SHUSWAP

•‘Shake The Lake’ Free Concert -Saturday, Sept. 5 at 1:00 pm, Sea Store at the Cinnemousun Narrows. KixxSin and BROKENTOYZ.. (please check The Seastore Shuswap Lake on Facebook to confirm this event due to Covid restrictions •Live Music at the Hub, Fridays & Saturdays, FMI visit Social Media Platforms or call 250-955- 2002. •Tsútswecw Environmental interpretive walkabouts - Wednesdays from 10 am to 1 pm. Children’s activities Sundays from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Interpretive Cabin open Wednesdays and weekends.

FARMERS MARKETS

•Sorrento Village Farmers Market - Saturdays 8am to noon, until Oct 10. •Celista Farmer’s Market - Wednesdays 9am to 1pm,until Sept 9 at North Shuswap Community Hall. •Chase Farm & Craft Market - Fridays, 10am to 2pm, until Oct 9 next to Safety Mart Foods •Scotch Creek Farm & Craft Market - Sundays 9:30am to 1:30pm, until Sept 6 behind The Hub.

ONLINE / WEBINARS etc.

•CSRD BOARD MEETING- Thurs. Sept. 17, 9:30am. How to pre-register, go to www.csrd.bc.ca. Agenda will be available approximately one week in advance of the meeting. •Careful and Kind Diabetes Care webinar - September 23, 7 to 8:15 pm. More information and to register, www.ti.ubc.ca/2020/08/13/sept-23-carefuland-kind-diabetes-care/ •Business Recovery and Expansion program - Registration is being accepted for November 2020 For more info see article on pg. 30 or visit www.tsutsweye.ca •Entrepreneur in Residence program - offers personalized business support and strategy development for all female entrepreneurs. This free program is open to ALL Shuswap women at any stage of business, from idea development, start-up, scaling up, to succession planning. To participate download the Client Intake Form at https://tsutsweye.ca/forms/. •Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society AGM - Oct 5, 10am to 11am. Updates from partners, including CSISS summer program and financial updates and Board of Directors Election. Interested in joining our Board of Directors? Register: https:// bit.ly/2D4K3WR •Meditation Ctr - Livestreamed classes available Tues & Wed 7-8:15pm. Topics vary. Register: kmcfv.ca under Livestream. For more events in the Shuswap check out shuswapculture.ca

COMMUNITY HALL INFORMATION

Please check with your local community hall for more information about future events Blind Bay Memorial Hall Eagle Bay Community Hall Sorrento Lions Club

2510 Blind Bay Rd. 250-675-3139 4326 Eagle Bay Rd. www.eaglebayhall.ca Sorrento Memorial Hall, 1150 Passchendaele Rd. blindbayhall@gmail.com Facebook: Blind Bay Hall rentals: 250-675-3136 sorrentolionsclub@yahoo.ca

Memorial Hall & Reedman Gallery. Library (ORL) South Shuswap Branch Sunnybrae Community Hall Website: blindbaymemorialhall.ca Blind Bay Market. 250-675-4818 3595 Sunnybrae Canoe Point Rd. Carlin Hall www.orl.bc.ca/branches/south-shuswap Hall Rentals - Vicki Green - 250- 835-2199, 4051 Myers Rd. Tappen. www.carlinhall.net Notch Hill Town Hall Facebook.com/SunnybraeCommunityAssociation To book call Marcha Adams 250-835-8577. Cedar Heights Community Association 2316 Lakeview Drive, Blind Bay 250-675-2012 www.cedarheightscommunity.ca Copper Island Health & Wellness Centre 2417 Golf Course Dr. Blind Bay Market 250-675-3661 1639 Notch Hill Rd. Pres. Anna-Marie Eckhart 250 835-8455. Check us out on Facebook Shuswap Lake Estates Community Centre email: sle@shuswaplakeestates.com Web: www.shuswaplakeestates.com 250-675-2523, Many more events on webpage Sorrento Drop in Society 1148 Passchendaele Rd. 250-675-5358 sunnybraecommunityassociation.com Sunnybrae Seniors Hall 3585 Sunnybrae Canoe Pt. Rd., Maddie Welch 250-803-8890 White Lake Community Hall 3617 Parri Road 250-803-4616 whitelakehall@cablelan.net