In the winter and in the spring the lake was located to the northwest from Osoyos in views of the Valley Okanagan of British Columbia just as any other mass of water. But as the most part of water begins to evaporate in the summer, hundreds of huge salty pools are left behind, having left the landscape of yellow, green and blue places covered with the Pole. CBC calls respectively the called Spotty Lake "the most magic place in Canada".

Colourful pools - result of high concentration of minerals, including calcium, sulfates of sodium and sulfate of magnesium which gathered in water. Minerals and a collection of salts escaped from surrounding hills. Various colors depend on concentration of minerals in each pool.

The spotty Lake considered the sacred place through many centuries indigenous people of the Country of Okanagan, according to the Center of the help to tourists of British Columbia. They believed that each of various circles had various healing and medicinal properties. The lake was originally known to indigenous people of the Valley Okanagan as Kliluk.

The earth which surrounds water was many years private, but it was acquired for benefit and use of the Country of Okanagan in 2001. Purchase guaranteed that the earth will be protected from development and will restore it as the cultural and ecological website.

During World War I, minerals from the lake were used to make ammunition. Minerals were received by workers who extracted the whole one ton of salt from the lake every day. According to the Center of the help to tourists of British Columbia, history - the fact that before this mineral mining industry, "the lake showed a bigger set of flowers and more the big artistic beauty".

Visitors who want to consider the lake can't become too reliable. The fence was put up to protect area with the sign, having explained that it culturally and ecologically sensitive area. But there are many good places of advantage along the highway to see the known points of the Pole of the lake.

Though the simple science explains places of the mystical lake, at least one website of a travel has more interesting explanation. Dot Interesting material speaks, "When you visit personally, it is of bigger interest to assume that you live in the place of the book of doctor Seuss".