All Vancouver Eco Tours start at Grant Narrows Regional Park and takes visitors past the protected Pitt Polder ecological reserve, which includes extensive migratory waterfowl habitat. Here you can view ospreys nesting and visitors have a chance to see the famous dyke system from the lake side. The Reel Dreamer transports guests across the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland in comfort and it is a great way to safely tour a large body of water that is notorious for its frequent winds. Pitt Lake is about 25 km long and about 4.5 km wide and it lies just a few kms upstream from the Pitt River’s confluence with the Fraser. At high tide in the Strait of Georgia water backs up all the way to the Pitt and it is not unusual to see seals or even sea lions in the lake when the salmon are running.
Surrounded by three Provincial Parks the lake is popular with boaters and canoeists, but is prone to sudden wind gusts, heavy rains and big waves. But don’t worry, you’ll be safe in the hands of the skipper who grew up on these waters and comes from a commercial fishing family.
The upper Pitt River valley is a typical U-shaped glacial valley in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. At the north end of the lake there is a relic from days gone by an old steam donkey used when logging was acceptable on the lake. As you approach the head of the lake you will be greeted by seals who occupy the log booms year round, feeding on the migratory fish that return to the the Upper Pitt River which is considered one of BC’s best fly-fishing rivers
Pitt Lake Tour (Base Tour) – 4 hours $700 + tax based on 4 people. Package includes lunch and snacks