The Float - charcoal burgers, fries & ice-cream floats at Shawnigan Lake. Lakeside delivery, opening Summer 2026.
Shawnigan Lake
Burgers · Fries · Shakes
Hopes & Dreams, with a sprinkle of yesterday, todaY
Burgermeister lake-side. Charcoal grill, crispy Belgian steak-cut fries, proper ice-cream floats, locally sourced dairy. No fuss, all the muss.
The FloaT
Always fresh, till we run out
Charcoal-grilled patty, horseradish cheddar, butter lettuce, seasonal tomato, house sauce, pickle & onion.
Charcoal-grilled mushroom-lentil patty, butter lettuce, seasonal tomato, house sauce, pickle & onion. The veggie one.
All-beef wiener off the coals - yellow mustard, house relish & crispy onions in a soft bun. Tastes like every dock summer you remember.
Charred king-oyster mushroom, smoky relish, pickled mustard seed & crispy onions in the bun. The veggie one - nobody's the wiser.
Kennebec potatoes, Belgian-fried twice in beef tallow, with house aioli.
Québec OG - fries, squeaky curds, proper gravy.
Cobb salad in a wrap - chicken, bacon, Cobble Hill eggs, avocado, blue cheese, local greens. Better than it sounds.
Pacific salmon, potato, capers, dill & tzatziki - on a cedar stick, ×4. When the catch is in.
Float On
Two scoops of vanilla in your pick of root beer, cola or orange.
Soda, apple cider, or H2O (free).
Beach Box
Feeds 4–5Pack the whole basket down to the water.
- 4 mains - mix & match: burgers, dogs, or the 'nots'
- 2 baskets of Belgian fries
- 4 root beer floats
- A stack of warm cookies
Feeding the whole dock? Double it - the Chilly Bin, packed in a cooler bag with a bucket hat. $128.
Sidebar
House made, 100% non-vegan.
Hobbs pickle, fried on a stick. Spicy dill ranch.
My Dad complained about prices. Oklahoma burger, mustard, onions, a pickle, and a glass of water. Off season, warm chocolate water.
We run out of things - because we source as local as we can. Cowichan Valley beef, dairy & buns, local pork dogs, and Pacific salmon. When we're out, we're out - 86'd.
Fun fact: life is too short to eat your feelings when the food won't step up. Also root-beer floats were big in the late 1900s.
to your dock
Lakeside delivery
Pickup lakeside - or, weather permitting, we'll deliver dockside on the lake. Coming Summer 2026.
Hey, remember when you told me “Not all who wander are lost”. Erm, you forgot to pick me up at YYJ, unless that was the point.
Anyway, I made it. The sun's out, food is real. There's a Burgermeister here with a boat. Free spirit. Although he said we can catch halibut in the lake.
To Anthony
General Delivery
Victoria, BC · V8W 1L4
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From Ezekiel
“Concerned Citizen”
The Float, Shawnigan Lake
LK · BC
We're not Uber Eats for the lake. When the weather's kind, we'll boat good food out to your dock - made with love, never in a hurry. What we won't run: beef jerky, a phone charge, or a smokes, Unsworth Rosé and Lucky Lager mission. Some things you paddle in for yourself.
come on down
Where, When, How?
Opening Summer 2026 on Shawnigan Lake - feet-in-the-sand burgers all summer long. The exact spot's coming soon.
Where
Shawnigan Lake, BC
Cowichan Valley · Vancouver Island
The exact spot on the lake is coming soon. About 30 minutes north of Victoria, in the Cowichan Valley.
Open in MapsHours
Seasonal - open May through September. Weather days happen on the lake; we post when we close early.
I didn't come to the lake to run a burger stand. But you spend one summer here - feet in the sand, nowhere decent to eat - and the idea sort of makes itself.
So: charcoal burgers, crispy fries, the root beer floats we're named for. Cobble Hill beef, Island dairy, made by hand. Eaten on the dock, not grabbed on the drive home - one more reason to stick around the lake a little longer.
Opening Summer 2026. See you at the lake.
- FOODSAFE Certified
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- Island Health Permitted
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- Cowichan Valley Sourced
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- Made in BC, Canada
made for the dock
Float On
Nothing to order yet - just the tee and the bucket hat you'll be wearing when you come down. A taste of what's coming.
