Pine Lake Day Use Area is a smaller beach with a dock on the northern end of the lake next to one of the private campgrounds. The beach is sandy and the swimming area typical of Pine Lake (clearer water in May, June and algae in July, August. There are amenities nearby for day-trippers.

Pine Lake has a history of blue-green algae blooms including later in the summers of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The water quality of Pine Lake is typical of the area with some algal growth in the Summer months causing a greening of the waters. Not typical of other lakes in Alberta is the hypoliminetic withdrawl system installed under the supervision of the Pine Lake Restoration Society in 1997. This system is intended to reduce the eutrophication of the highly trophic sediment and cool waters on the lake bottom. The lake still has algal growth but the success of the system is being monitored. Pine Lake has been called Ghost Pine Lake and Devel's Pine Lake in the past because of a native story that the lakeshore was haunted by a Cree warrior avenging the death of his tribe.

The description above was copied from or heavily based on Swim Guide, with permission.

More Information

• Swim Guide - Weather and water quality for Pine Lake Public Day Use Area Beach and 8,000 other beaches.