Cultus Lake
49.0544° N, 121.985° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Cultus Lake, British Columbia. 49.0544° N, 121.985° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/cultus-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.
- Bathymetric Maps – Open, 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.
- 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Cultus Lake covers 6.34 km², making it larger than 93% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies beside Lindell Beach.
Government surveys have recorded 26 fish species here, including rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and kokanee.
- Area
- 6.34 km²
- larger than 93% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 13.5 km
- longer than 87% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 26
- more than 99% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 50 m
Today on the water
11.8 °C
Observed at Chilliwack, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.5 m.
| Time | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | var. 5 | SW 30 | SW 40 | SW 40 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | var. 5 |
| Gusts | 50 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Precip. % | 20 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 60 | 60 |
Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness near midnight then rain beginning overnight. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 after midnight. Low 11.
Weather: Chilliwack (local forecast), as of 11:00 p.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:46 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:18 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:31 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:03 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:03 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:35 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 4% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Eastern Fraser Valley, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT
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Depth
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 614 government surveys (1919–2021) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (10)
Forage fish
- Peamouth Chub 24
- Cultus Lake Sculpin 8
- Redside Shiner 5
- Coastrange Sculpin 4
- Prickly Sculpin 4
- Threespine Stickleback 2
- Longnose Dace 1
Other
- Northern Pikeminnow 189
- Largescale Sucker 89
- Western Brook Lamprey 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 2 – Lower Mainland. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Photos
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