Mara Lake
50.7831° N, 119.0122° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Mara Lake, British Columbia. 50.7831° N, 119.0122° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/mara-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.
- 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Mara Lake covers 17.6 km², making it larger than 97% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies beside Six Mile Point.
Government surveys have recorded 22 fish species here, including rainbow trout, Chinook salmon and sockeye salmon.
- Area
- 17.6 km²
- larger than 97% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 35.1 km
- longer than 96% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 22
- more than 99% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 348 m
Today on the water
12 °C
Observed at Salmon Arm, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 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 | S 10 | S 10 | S 20 | S 20 | S 20 | S 20 | S 20 | N 20 |
| Gusts | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 20 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 20 |
Tonight: Overcast. Wind becoming south 20 km/h before morning. Low 9.
Weather: Salmon Arm (local forecast), as of 10:02 p.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:35 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:07 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:18 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:50 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 4:49 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:23 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 4% lit
Air Quality Health Index
3 low risk
North Okanagan, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT
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Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 314 government surveys (1940–2011) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (11)
Forage fish
- Redside Shiner 60
- Leopard Dace 28
- Peamouth Chub 14
- Prickly Sculpin 11
- Lake Chub 3
- Slimy Sculpin 3
- Longnose Dace 2
Other
- Northern Pikeminnow 70
- Largescale Sucker 8
- White Sucker 3
- Common Carp 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 3 – Thompson. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
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