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The Endako Loop

So off you go past Nithi River to a small Forest Service campsite and boat launch. Here are the last outhouses you will find on your afternoon journey. Nice and clean and even in the early spring they had toilet paper. Bonus!

Keep driving for a total of 7.4 km on Dahlgren Road to a very small pull-off strip on the side of the dirt road. If I hadn't been watching my odometer, I would have driven right by.
Trail head Is marked by a sign

There is a sign here that says "Hiking Trail BC Forest Service" The sign with the words "Black Point" was on the ground and I'm not sure the entire sign has far to go to join it.

It's up in the air as to whether Forest Service trails are being serviced these days, so I assumed the worst before heading out. I locked my vehicle, grabbed my bear spray, camera, drinking water, lunch and sunscreen and headed off onto the trail that opens just behind the sign.
Trapper cabin
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The trail is easy walking down a slight incline for about 15 minutes. It is moss covered and prone to fallen trees across its path- easily walked around or over. You pass through a mature pine/spruce forest that is over 140 years old.

In the summer, the area has Devil's Club, Peavine, Thimbleberry and Black Twinberry. As soon as you see the lake, you will notice the old trapper's cabin on your right.
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