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Babine Lake

54.7761° N, 126.0139° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Babine Lake, British Columbia. 54.7761° N, 126.0139° W

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/babine-lake/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Known BC Fish Observations and BC Fish Distributions, Government of British Columbia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • Recreation Sites and Trails BC: recreation site points, Government of British Columbia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • Wildlife Management Units, Government of British Columbia. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • Real-time hydrometric data, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • National Water Data Archive (HYDAT) daily means, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Babine Lake covers 465 km², making it larger than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies beside Granisle.

Government surveys have recorded 25 fish species here, including lake trout, sockeye salmon and burbot.

Area
465 km²
larger than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Shoreline
562 km
longer than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Fish species
25
more than 99% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
Elevation
709 m

Today on the water

7.9 °C

Wind NW 3 km/h, gusts 27

Observed at Burns Lake, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.4 m.

Time11 p.m.2 a.m.5 a.m.8 a.m.11 a.m.2 p.m.5 p.m.8 p.m.
Wind km/hW 10W 10W 10W 10NE 20NE 20NE 20NW 10
Gusts404040
Waves (est.) m0.20.20.20.20.4
Temp. °C63115773
Precip. %8080606060404040

Tonight: Periods of rain. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light late this evening. Low plus 1.

Weather: Burns Lake (local forecast), as of 10:03 p.m. PDT

Water level

Babine Lake at Topley Landing: 0.95 m at 8:30 p.m. PDT: 11 cm below the median for this time of year, below the normal range.

1.260.93

Normal range (25th–75th percentile, HYDAT) Last 7 days

Provisional real-time data, subject to revision. hydrometric station 08EC003

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:04 a.m.
Sunrise
7:40 a.m.
Sunset
6:41 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:17 p.m.
Moonrise
5:16 a.m.
Moonset
5:50 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 4% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Smithers, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Fish

Sport fish by the share of the 282 government surveys (1948–2014) that recorded them.

  • Lake Trout33 of 282
  • Sockeye Salmon24 of 282
  • Burbot19 of 282
  • Lake Whitefish15 of 282
  • Rainbow Trout8 of 282
  • Kokanee3 of 282
  • Chinook Salmon2 of 282Not recorded since 1965
  • Coho Salmon2 of 282Not recorded since 1965
  • Cutthroat Trout2 of 282Not recorded since 1965
  • Dolly Varden2 of 282Not recorded since 1965
  • Mountain Whitefish2 of 282Not recorded since 1965
  • Pink Salmon2 of 282Not recorded since 1965
  • Steelhead2 of 282Not recorded since 1965
  • Coastal Cutthroat Trout1 of 282
Forage fish and other species (11)

Forage fish

  • Prickly Sculpin 77
  • Redside Shiner 26
  • Lake Chub 20
  • Peamouth Chub 15
  • Longnose Dace 2
  • Pygmy Whitefish 1

Other

  • Northern Pikeminnow 13
  • Longnose Sucker 5
  • Largescale Sucker 2
  • Arctic Lamprey 1
  • White Sucker 1

Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.

Fishing regulations: Region 6 – Skeena. Check seasons and limits before you fish.

Getting on the water

1 listed boat launch. marks launches on the map.