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Lake Sylvia State Park
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Lake Sylvia State Park

north of Montesano, Washington
visited 4 July 2023
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To honor our nation’s birthday and to get outside for a bit, my daughter and I brought our kayak and explored Lake Sylvia.

The lake is a small and easy paddle; neither of us had been kayaking much this year so it was a nice re-introduction to the sport.

The park was, of course, busy with campers and sun-lovers out enjoying the holiday.

Lake Sylvia was formed by a dam built in 1909 and for a few decades thereafter provided power and drinking water for the city of Montesano.

A calm forest-ringed lake under a clear blue sky, with a brightly colored orange and yellow Aqua-Bound kayak paddle blade lifted just above the water in the foreground. Dense evergreen conifers and green shrubs line the far shore and reflect in the still water.
A calm lake fringed by dense evergreen forest under a clear blue sky, with tall Douglas firs towering on the right shore. Along the far bank a campground is visible with RVs, canopies, and small figures near canoes at the water’s edge.
A calm green lake bordered by dense evergreen forest and a patch of tall marsh grasses, with bare fallen branches poking out of the shallow water near the shore under a clear blue sky.
A calm lake in the foreground reflects the sky, with a small swimming beach across the water where people gather under canopies and umbrellas near a low building, backed by a dense wall of tall evergreen trees under a clear blue sky.
A dirt hiking trail curves along the edge of a calm lake, shaded by leafy overhanging trees on the left while dense evergreen forest rises across the water under a clear blue summer sky.

This scene, captured from the hiking trail along the west shore of the lake, gave me some serious deep South vibes. (I spent quite a bit of time in the Deep South earlier this year.)

Moss-draped tree trunks and branches lean out over a calm green lake, their leafy canopy filtering dappled sunlight onto the rippled water below in a lush forest setting.
Moss-covered tree trunks arch low over the still, dark surface of a lake, their thick green fuzzy branches leaning toward and dipping into the water. Bright leafy foliage fills the upper frame and reflects on the rippled water at Lake Sylvia State Park.

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