History of Bobs & Crow Lakes

• The Ice Age
• The First Peoples
• European Settlement
• The Flooding of Bobs Lake
• Early Tourism and Subsequent Changes
• General Characteristics
• The Landscape
• Administrative Setting

Three major events have shaped the nature of the Bobs and Crow Lakes water system: the last ice age, the impact of the European settlers in the colonial period and the flooding of the lakes in 1870-71. Of special interest are the native people who either lived on the lakes or hunted in the region.