Gerard Laman
On Saturday morning November 7 th we drove with three BOC members and one guest to the Woodhaven Swamp located in Belcarra Regional Park. The day was dry with very little wind and we were lucky because Saturday was in between two rain storms with heavy winds. We hiked first around Woodhaven Swamp. This is a small lake that slowly turns into a swamp. From here we followed the descending trail to Sasamat Lake. At the lake we were no longer the only hikers on the trail as we saw some more people. We crossed the lake via the floating bridge where several people ware fishing. After the bridge we continued to go to the White Pine Beach where we stopped for an early lunch. We had the whole beach for ourself what is unusual. After lunch we continued the last part of our loop around the lake. We now had to ascent the hiking trail back to the Woodhaven Swamp parking lot. On the drive back it started to rain about five minutes before we reached the parking lot in Burnaby. It was indeed a lucky day. We all enjoyed this comfortable hike with great views.
