Come for a paddle on North Pine Dam (Lake Samsonvale). Opened for electric boating, sailing and kayaking on the 21st of November 2018, public paddle craft are permitted on Lake Samsonvale in designated zones. This cache is placed in the designated zone.
Paddle craft are able to launch from Forgan Road, Samsonvale - refer to the parking co-ordinates.
Lake Samsonvale has been created by the water stored by the North Pine Dam, which is located on the North Pine River five kilometres upstream from town of Petrie in the Moreton Bay Region. The dam was constructed to provide urban water to Brisbane and then the local government area of the Pine Rivers Shire Council and parts of the Caboolture Shire Council. These Councils have since been amalgamated into Moreton Bay Regional Council. Construction of the dam was completed on the 12th of August 1976 and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of the Brisbane City Council, Alderman Frank Sleeman. The dam comprises of a mass concrete centre section flanked with earth and rock embankments. The dam wall is 40 metres high and 580 metres long. The concrete section has five spillway gates, a valve for releasing water downstream and an outlet tower from which water is drawn to the North Pine Dam Treatment Plant.
The North Pine Dam catchment area is 384 square kilometres and the total dam storage supply at Full Supply Level is 214302 megalitres. The dam is 39.63 metres above sea level and at that level the surface area of Lake Samsonvale is 2181 hectares. Public access to kayaking on the lake is confined to the Forgan Road paddle craft entry point.
The ramp to the dam is quite nice, being concreted down to a few metres near the water’s edge, then the rest of the rampway is stones. There are toilet facilities and some parking bays at the Forgan Road entry but nothing else.
Enjoy your paddle around this part of the dam.