Parika Lake


13. This is the bridge that crosses the Grand Ditch.  On the way up to Parika Lake, the trail uses part of the Grand Ditch service road.  However my map showed much more Ditch road usage than there really was.  The actual ditch road usage was only about 100 feet.  I was a little reluctant to cross the ditch at this point because this crossing wasn't in the same place as the crossing on my map.  But I took it anyway and it turned out to be the correct thing to do.  There was plenty of water in the Ditch this year, or at least at this location.