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Lakelse Lake

54.3783° N, 128.5603° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Lakelse Lake, British Columbia. 54.3783° N, 128.5603° W

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/lakelse-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).

Lakelse Lake covers 13.7 km², making it larger than 96% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 12 km south of Terrace.

Government surveys have recorded 24 fish species here, including sockeye salmon, Atlantic salmon and coho salmon.

Area
13.7 km²
larger than 96% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Shoreline
25.6 km
longer than 95% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Fish species
24
more than 99% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
Elevation
70 m

Today on the water

8.1 °C

Light RainWind NE 6 km/h, gusts 36

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

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 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/hSW 10N 10N 10N 10N 10N 20N 20N 30
Gusts404050
Waves (est.) m0.20.10.10.10.1
Temp. °C8866811139
Precip. %8080000000

Tonight: A few showers ending before morning then cloudy. Fog patches developing early this evening. Low 6.

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

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:14 a.m.
Sunrise
7:49 a.m.
Sunset
6:52 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:28 p.m.
Moonrise
5:28 a.m.
Moonset
6:01 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 4% lit

Air Quality Health Index

5 moderate risk

Terrace, 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.

Depth

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Fish

Sport fish by the share of the 81 government surveys (1921–2017) that recorded them.

  • Sockeye Salmon6 of 81Not recorded since 2001
  • Atlantic Salmon4 of 81Not recorded since 1923
  • Coho Salmon3 of 81
  • Cutthroat Trout3 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Dolly Varden3 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Pink Salmon3 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Rainbow Trout3 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Chinook Salmon2 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Chum Salmon2 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Mountain Whitefish2 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Steelhead2 of 81Not recorded since 1995
  • Brook Trout1 of 81Not recorded since 1974
Forage fish and other species (12)

Forage fish

  • Prickly Sculpin 9
  • Threespine Stickleback 9
  • Redside Shiner 5
  • Peamouth Chub 4
  • Coastrange Sculpin 2
  • Balkwill Lake Benthic Stickleback 1
  • Lake Chub 1

Other

  • Largescale Sucker 3
  • Northern Pikeminnow 3
  • Longnose Sucker 1
  • River Lamprey 1
  • Western Brook Lamprey 1

Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.

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