Mayer Lake

[beaver77]

Anybody have info on access to this lake. Just wondering if there is a cutline or something where a person can drive on to the lake. Thanks.

[Wylliecoyote]

Do you mean Meyer Lake, northwest of Athabasca?

[beaver77]

yes that would be the one. My dad went there roughly thirty years back but now they have the cutline he went in closed off.

[Wylliecoyote]

I have the Northern Alberta Backroad Mapbook and it shows a few cutlines and oil roads going close to the lake (might have a little trek through the bush). I have been wanting to get out to that lake for sometime to do some fishing. Last summer a friend and I went looking for the access roads and found an oil road near Lawrence lake that looked like they headed in that direction. Do you know how the fishing is there?

[Wylliecoyote]

I do believe they have a copy of the book at the Fishing Hole.

[Sooner]

We used to access that lake off the chain lakes road. It was a well driven cutline back then that went west toward the lake. I did go for a sled ride once we were on the lake and found a old trail type road that came off the lakes west side, it ended up on the highway to slave lake just at Lawrence lake. The trail was quite rutted and had lots of dips but this was 15 yrs ago. The cutline trail was the one most used then.

[beaver77]

Thanks guys. Information is very helpful. Dont know how the fishing is. Just that it was good more than 15 years ago.

[highwood]

Most people access Meyer via snowmobile from the north end of Crooked Lake. The lakes are connected by a creek.

[beaver77]

Most people access Meyer via snowmobile from the north end of Crooked Lake. The lakes are connected by a creek.

so what im hearing is that some people do in fact drive in.

[highwood]

People used to take trucks in from the East, I havent personally in about ten years. The trail was a rough one, hard on the running boards. Sled or quad access is much easier.

[fish-slaughter]

has anyone made it into this lake in the winter in the last couple years i have a snowmobile so if theres a trail from a road i would have no problem going in with it or would the creek on the north side of crooked lake be my best bet???

[wallEYE of the tiger]

Was there a couple of years ago, we parked at chain lakes park and sledded in off of the chain lakes road. The cutline is about half a mile south of the chain lakes park entrance. Caught a couple small pike

[fish-slaughter]

thanks ill have to give it a shot later this year