{"id":199095,"date":"2018-05-10T08:16:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/lens-francois-lake-birch-bay-resort\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T17:53:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T15:53:16","slug":"lens-francois-lake-birch-bay-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/lens-francois-lake-birch-bay-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"In the lens: Fran\u00e7ois Lake in the Birch Bay Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Jordaan writes from Canada:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We moved to Canada at the end of February 2007. We currently live in Prince George, British Columbia. Before that we lived in Frobisher Bay, Saskatchewan (45\u00a0km from Estevan and 20\u00a0km from the border with North Dakota, USA) for five and a half years. We like to camp when we get the opportunity. Here are a few photos of our visit to Fran\u00e7ois Lake in the Birch Bay Resort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-199095 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/lens-francois-lake-birch-bay-resort\/1-1-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-31-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-31-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-31-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-31-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-31-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/lens-francois-lake-birch-bay-resort\/2-1-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-1-31-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-1-31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-1-31-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-1-31-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-1-31-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-1-31-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/lens-francois-lake-birch-bay-resort\/14-1-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-1-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-1-8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-1-8-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-1-8-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-1-8-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-1-8-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Jordaan writes from Canada: &#8220;We moved to Canada at the end of February 2007. 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