On a sunny and calm May morning we drove east to Shuswap Lake Provincial Park at Scotch Creek.    We parked at the boat launch area and got our kayaks ready for launching into the lake.    The crossing to Copper Island was about 2 km.    We paddled to the east side of the island where there are a few gravel landing spots.    We secured our boats and put on our hiking shoes.    The Copper Island Trail is a loop route of abut 2 km.    About half of the trail is along the top of bluffs with fine views in each direction.   After the hike, we had lunch on the beach, then we loaded up and paddled back to the boat launch area.

We have done this paddle-and-hike before and we have found that it is best to do this in spring or fall to avoid power boat traffic.    On this day it was quiet, except for the honking of nesting geese on the island rock shelves.   There were wildflowers and flowering shrubs along the trail.   It is a good trail and worth the effort to get to the island.    We plan to do this again next year.

Shared here are some photos taken by the author from that day, embedded as a slideshow of a Google Photos Album (link):

The link goes to the album where there are captions for the images.