Kalamalka Lake at Kekuli Bay Provincial Park

Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) flowers in Kekuli Bay Provincial Park on Kalamalka Lake near Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) at Kekuli Bay Provincial Park (Purchase)

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This Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) is growing in the fields of Kekuli Bay Provincial Park right on the shores of Kalamalka Lake near Vernon, British Columbia. In the few days I was staying in Vernon I visited this park four times. It was on my last day, on the drive home that I made this photo – and it was fairly close to the images I had imagined at that location. My first day I was there looking for sunset only to realize the sunset was not in the right direction for what I wanted. The next day the light was great for a while but when I returned to Kekuli Bay a storm brought some wind and horizontal rain – so nice wildflower/lake photos were not going to be easy. This did present another opportunity I had not anticipated though – and I’ll write about that later. Luckily the conditions were just what I wanted on my way back home, and I knew exactly what I wanted to shoot having been there numerous times already.

For more photos of this area visit my Kekuli Bay Provincial Park Gallery.