Chinook Salmon Lakes in British Columbia

Government fish surveys have recorded Chinook salmon in 100 British Columbia lakes, 4% of the 2,671 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes: 100
Recorded since 2010: 4
Median size: 2.82 km²
Latest record: 2016

Where it is found

Most of these lakes are in Kitimat-Stikine (17), Stikine (9) and Cariboo (9).

In these lakes the sport fish most often recorded alongside it are coho salmon (81%), rainbow trout (79%), sockeye salmon (77%) and Dolly Varden (70%).

Seasons, limits and sanctuaries vary by zone: check the BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations before you fish.

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Where Chinook salmon is most consistently recorded

Ranked by the number of observation records, then by the most recent record.

#	Lake	Records	Last record	Area km²
1	Mara LakeColumbia-Shuswap	16	2011	17.6
2	Shuswap LakeColumbia-Shuswap	10	2015	306
3	Club LakeKitimat-Stikine	6	1991	0.42
4	Stephens LakeKitimat-Stikine	5	1995	2.02
5	Kitwancool LakeKitimat-Stikine	4	1991	7.78
6	Great Central LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	4	1987	52.9
7	Prudhomme LakeSkeena-Queen Charlotte	4	1977	2.04
8	Kennedy LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	3	1999	65.3
9	Pitt LakeGreater Vancouver	3	1996	53.2
10	Chilliwack LakeFraser Valley	3	1995	11.8
11	Sapolio LakeStikine	3	1995	0.18
12	Harrison LakeFraser Valley	3	1995	222
13	Power LakeStrathcona	3	1992	0.64
14	Alastair LakeKitimat-Stikine	3	1991	7.14
15	Teigen LakeKitimat-Stikine	3	1989	2.15
16	Kitsumkalum LakeKitimat-Stikine	3	1976	19
17	Redsand LakeKitimat-Stikine	3	1972	0.3
18	Treston LakeKitimat-Stikine	3	1972	0.83
19	Quesnel LakeCariboo	2	2016	271
20	Lillooet LakeSquamish-Lillooet	2	2010	32.1
21	Long LakeCentral Coast	2	2007	21.3
22	Clayoquot LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	2	1999	0.48
23	Muriel LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	2	1999	1.61
24	Nimpkish LakeMount Waddington	2	1998	38
25	Mabel LakeNorth Okanagan	2	1997	59.4
26	Glendale LakeMount Waddington	2	1996	1.21
27	Lakelse LakeKitimat-Stikine	2	1995	13.7
28	Owikeno LakeCentral Coast	2	1994	93.4
29	Fred Wright LakeKitimat-Stikine	2	1994	3.92
30	Little Trapper LakeStikine	2	1994	2.05
31	Tatsatua LakeStikine	2	1994	0.8
32	Nanaimo LakesNanaimo	2	1993	2.14
33	Till LakeCariboo	2	1993	1.03
34	Hucuktlis LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	2	1989	15.5
35	Huaskin LakeMount Waddington	2	1988	21.5
36	Slamgeesh LakeStikine	2	1987	0.66
37	Morice LakeBulkley-Nechako	2	1981	97.2
38	Seton LakeSquamish-Lillooet	2	1981	24.9
39	Meziadin LakeKitimat-Stikine	2	1975	36.5
40	Tŝilhqox BinyCariboo	2	1975	186
41	Bulkley LakeBulkley-Nechako	2	1974	2.33
42	Nilkitkwa LakeBulkley-Nechako	2	1968	4.58
43	Babine LakeBulkley-Nechako	2	1965	465
44	Haslam LakePowell River	1	2009	11.6
45	Tahltan LakeKitimat-Stikine	1	2003	4.88
46	Vernon LakeMount Waddington	1	1999	8.22
47	Woss LakeMount Waddington	1	1999	14
48	Frances LakeFraser Valley	1	1998	0.29
49	Three Valley LakeColumbia-Shuswap	1	1998	1.49
50	Tatsamenie LakeStikine	1	1998	16.5

Top 50 of 100 lakes. Download the full list (CSV). Source: British Columbia’s Fisheries Information Summary System observations (OGL-BC). Data as of October 9, 2026. A record means a survey caught or observed the species, not that it is abundant today.

Chinook Salmon Lakes in British Columbia

Where it is found

Where Chinook salmon is most consistently recorded

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