Alouette Lake is about 10 km from Maple Ridge in Golden Ears Provincial Park and it is a large lake with one of Metro Vancouver’s most popular campgrounds.

The beach at Alouette Lake is one of the most popular in Metro Vancouver, both for people and geese. The views of the lake with the mountains all around are quite spectacular, and the giant lawn in front of the beach is a great place for picnics.

Golden Ears Provincial Park is located about an hour’s drive from downtown Vancouver and Alouette Lake is 7 km from the park’s entrance.

At the beach there is a designated swimming area, canoe and kayak rentals in the summer, and BBQ attachments on some of the picnic tables. Fishing, windsurfing and water-skiing are also popular on the lake.

The beach itself isn’t the best, but still okay. It’s more rocky than sandy, and can be muddy in parts in the water and near the shore. If you have water shoes, they can be good to wear.

There are no lifeguards at the beach, so you need to swim at your own risk. There are flush toilets and sinks with running water, but only during certain hours and peak months. At other times there are outhouses.

The parking lot at the Alouette Lake beach day area is massive, although it can still fill up on hot sunny days in July and August, and especially on statutory holidays and weekends.

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