Kennedy Lake
49.0594° N, 125.5539° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Kennedy Lake, British Columbia. 49.0594° N, 125.5539° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/kennedy-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.
- 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Kennedy Lake covers 65.3 km², making it larger than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 11 km north of Salmon Beach.
Government surveys have recorded 8 fish species here, including sockeye salmon, coho salmon and Chinook salmon.
- Area
- 65.3 km²
- larger than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 121 km
- longer than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 8
- more than 88% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 5 m
Today on the water
13.2 °C
Observed at Ucluelet, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT
rough Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.7 m.
| Time | 11 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/h | SW 20 | W 40 | W 40 | NW 40 | NW 40 | NW 40 | NW 40 | NW 30 |
| Gusts | 40 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||
| Temp. °C | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Precip. % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of drizzle this evening. Rain beginning late this evening. Fog patches near the coast this evening. Amount 30 mm near Zeballos and Tahsis. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 this evening then west 40 gusting to 60 near midnight. Low 12.
Weather: Ucluelet (local forecast), as of 10:02 p.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:00 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:32 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:45 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:17 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:18 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:49 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 4% lit
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Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 40 government surveys (1975–2021) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (2)
- Threespine Stickleback 8
- Peamouth Chub 2
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 1 – Vancouver Island. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Getting on the water
1 listed boat launch. marks launches on the map.
- Clayoquot Arm Beach Recreation Site
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