Airplane Ride (10) - Trout Lake from Air

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Almost back at the North Bay Airport. Looking east from the plane over Trout Lake. Although ard to see, the houses along the shore are in the Birchaven neighbourhood of North Bay. Click on this link to see a view of the beach area in the neighbourhood.

Sorry for the lack of posts over the last couple of days, but I wasn't in town and had not uploaded any photos previously. As for the current weather, well it's around -9C and we have a bit of snow on the ground (I'll post some photos of the snow after I finish the airplane ride).

Airplane Ride (2) - NorthGate Shopping Centre

Returning to the airplane ride series. This a view of the NorthGate Shopping Centre plus Dollar's Independent Grocer. The large body of water that you can see in the background is part of Trout Lake.

Birchaven Cove Park (3rd)

Another view of Trout Lake, this time from the north end of Birchaven Cove Park. North Bay is blessed with lots of lakes and great swimming and fishing opportunities.

Birchaven Cove Park (2nd)

During the summer (July & August) there will be lifeguards on duty at this Trout Lake swimming hole. Since it is still early June, you have to swim at your risk. The water is quite clear and cool. Some of the teens like to swim across to the island (in the background), as well, to the right side of the photo, there are some rocks that the "kids" like to jump off and into the water.

I have tried to smudge the people's faces in the photos to protect their privacy - please let me know if there is still too much detail that might be used to identify people. I try not to include people in the photos but it's hard to take a snapshot of a public swimming beach without getting some people in the photo.

Birchaven Cove Park (1st)

Birchaven Cove is a beach located on Trout Lake. You can catch the North Bay Transit bus 4E Birchaven to get to the park which is at the corner of Found Ct & Camelot Dr.

New Water Treatment Plant on Trout Lake

No a large McMansion is not being built on the shores of Trout Lake, but this is the new water treatment plant rising amongst the homes on Lakeside Drive.

North Bay obtains its municipal water supply from Trout Lake. According to the city's water report, the water is drawn from Delaney Bay approximately 300 meters from shore.