Skidegate Lake

Skidegate Lake, Moresby Island

The lake area goes for miles with a boat launch on the west side of the lake closest to the Moresby Camp. The area is very high in logging truck traffic so stay sharp. The lake, as well as Mosquito Lake, is a popular destination for fishing, canoeing and swimming.

The region has been heavily logged and there are some unsightly scaring of the landscape. Not is all roses in the wilderness. Throughout the area, there is still some second growth forest consisting of Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar and Sitka Spruce.

The Skidegate Lake area is a big time player in the harvest and export of Chanterelle Mushrooms. Like all delicacies, the mushrooms are an annual and are unpredictable so harvests can vary. One of the difficulties is all the logging in the area which hurts because the Chanterelles only grow in second-growth forests.

The area has also been known to attract bird watchers and wildlife seekers. The wildlife in the area includes Black Bears, deer, Bald Eagles, etc. As of just recently a new species of lamprey in British Columbia was found at Skidegate Lake. Adequately, today, the bird is called the Skidegate Lamprey.

Skidegate Lake on Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada