Sockeye Salmon Lakes in British Columbia

Government fish surveys have recorded sockeye salmon in 198 British Columbia lakes, 7% of the 2,671 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes: 198
Recorded since 2010: 10
Median size: 2.57 km²
Latest record: 2023

Where sockeye 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	Shuswap LakeColumbia-Shuswap	88	2012	306
2	Tahltan LakeKitimat-Stikine	66	2014	4.88
3	Tŝilhqox BinyCariboo	36	2023	186
4	Quesnel LakeCariboo	35	2022	271
5	Babine LakeBulkley-Nechako	24	2014	465
6	Kennedy LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	16	2001	65.3
7	Owikeno LakeCentral Coast	16	2001	93.4
8	Adams LakeThompson-Nicola	14	2005	132
9	Mara LakeColumbia-Shuswap	12	2011	17.6
10	Cultus LakeFraser Valley	11	2006	6.34
11	Alouette LakeFraser Valley	10	2022	15.8
12	Kuthai LakeStikine	9	1998	1.58
13	Chilliwack LakeFraser Valley	8	2001	11.8
14	Club LakeKitimat-Stikine	8	2001	0.42
15	Great Central LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	7	2001	52.9
16	Johanson LakeStikine	7	2001	1.47
17	Alastair LakeKitimat-Stikine	7	2001	7.14
18	Kitwancool LakeKitimat-Stikine	7	2001	7.78
19	Sakinaw LakeSunshine Coast	7	1987	6.84
20	Morice LakeBulkley-Nechako	6	2001	97.2
21	Muriel LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	6	2001	1.61
22	Stephens LakeKitimat-Stikine	6	2001	2.02
23	Meziadin LakeKitimat-Stikine	6	2001	36.5
24	Lakelse LakeKitimat-Stikine	6	2001	13.7
25	Little Trapper LakeStikine	6	1995	2.05
26	Long LakeCentral Coast	5	2002	21.3
27	Sproat LakeAlberni-Clayoquot	5	2001	42.3
28	Woss LakeMount Waddington	5	2001	14
29	Kitsumkalum LakeKitimat-Stikine	5	2001	19
30	Seton LakeSquamish-Lillooet	4	2014	24.9
31	Pitt LakeGreater Vancouver	4	2001	53.2
32	North Barrière LakeThompson-Nicola	4	2001	4.99
33	Sustut LakeStikine	4	2001	2.58
34	Fred Wright LakeKitimat-Stikine	4	2001	3.92
35	Eden LakeSkeena-Queen Charlotte	4	2001	5.9
36	Taseko LakesCariboo	4	2001	21.3
37	Harrison LakeFraser Valley	4	2001	222
38	Lowe LakeSkeena-Queen Charlotte	4	2001	3.89
39	Phillips LakeStrathcona	4	1997	2.94
40	Asitka LakeStikine	4	1995	0.43
41	Kitlope LakeKitimat-Stikine	4	1995	11.8
42	Bowser LakeKitimat-Stikine	4	1988	35.8
43	Kluatantan LakesStikine	4	1987	0.37
44	Vaseux LakeOkanagan-Similkameen	3	2015	2.83
45	Morrison LakeBulkley-Nechako	3	2010	13.3
46	Lillooet LakeSquamish-Lillooet	3	2001	32.1
47	Nimpkish LakeMount Waddington	3	2001	38
48	Jansen LakeStrathcona	3	2001	0.55
49	Mercer LakeSkeena-Queen Charlotte	3	2001	1.14
50	François LakeBulkley-Nechako	3	2001	253

Top 50 of 198 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.

Sockeye Salmon Lakes in British Columbia

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Where sockeye salmon is most consistently recorded

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