Inland Lake Provincial Park — Attraction in Area B (Paradise Valley)

Finished 2 days of 13.2 km biking trail around the lake (one circile each day). Two hybrid bikes, 1 mountain, 1 mountain with a 3rd wheel for my 6 year old. About 1.5 hours leisurely pace each circle. Trail is mostly crushed fine gravel mixed with dirt and organic matter. Some muddy spots from water seeping out from the forest next to the trail, not many. 1 loose 1 meter wide gravel filled dip (the biggest challenge to hybrid bikes). Some connecting boardwalks are built right over water. Lots of small swimming areas along the trail. Buzzing flies too, didn't get bitten, but they do tend to elicit a panic response from us city folks. Very very shady all the way around. We went on a 85 F day, 4pm. Sweated a lot, but was able to cool down.

Great swimming. Diving off the boat ramp. Saw 2 snakes skimming across water, 2 beavers floating like dead logs but with purpose... numerous tadpoles at various stages of development,...

Nice, maintained, 13km multi-use path around this astutely-named Inland Lake - great for trail jogging (which I was doing), though beware of cyclists, some of whom don't slow down (there probably should be a separate path for cyclists/wider path / dismounting rules on blind corners).

There is a path off the north-west corner of the lake which I investigated - the main trail of which seemed to end in cottages (whose tenants stared at me with furrowed brows like it was a trail only for their use...), though there were many sidetrails which I did not check out.

There is a fair bit of parking near the boat launch at the south-east corner of the lake. There are various mini-beaches where I observed people swimming. There are outhouses by the boat launch and a few other spots around the lake. Excellent recreational...

The 13 km hike around the lake was on the flat and easy, a bridge was washed out and a detour offered, but we climbed over the makeshift bridge which was ok on foot, would not recommend it on a bike. We hardly saw anybody, only 3 others hiking and maybe 8 people the whole time, biking. What there is lots of though is small and bigger toads and quite a few snakes (one of them elicited a blood-curdling scream from me). Hardly any insects. Swimming in the lake was refreshing! We saw bear poop but no bears. Would certainly recommend it, also check out saint anthony, a bit of a small semi-island off the main...