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Map of McKinley Lake

McKinley Lake

52.2667° N, 120.9461° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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McKinley Lake, British Columbia. 52.2667° N, 120.9461° W

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/mckinley-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.
  • 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).

McKinley Lake covers 5.17 km², making it larger than 92% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 29 km southeast of Horsefly.

Government surveys have recorded 8 fish species here, including burbot, kokanee and lake trout.

Area
5.17 km²
larger than 92% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Shoreline
20.1 km
longer than 92% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Fish species
8
more than 88% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
Elevation
862 m

Today on the water

Water level

McKinley Creek below outlet of McKinley Lake: 0.84 m at 2:30 a.m. PDT: 2 cm below the median for this time of year, within the normal range.

1.020.78

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

Provisional real-time data, subject to revision. hydrometric station 08KH020

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:44 a.m.
Sunrise
7:18 a.m.
Sunset
6:22 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:56 p.m.
Moonrise
6:17 a.m.
Moonset
5:41 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Depth

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Fish

Sport fish by the share of the 9 government surveys (1970–1995) that recorded them.

  • Burbot1 of 9Not recorded since 1970
  • Kokanee1 of 9Not recorded since 1970
  • Lake Trout1 of 9Not recorded since 1970
  • Rainbow Trout1 of 9
Forage fish and other species (4)

Forage fish

  • Peamouth Chub 1

Other

  • Bridgelip Sucker 1
  • Northern Pikeminnow 1
  • White Sucker 1

Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.

Fishing regulations: Region 5 – Cariboo. Check seasons and limits before you fish.

Getting on the water

1 listed boat launch. marks launches on the map.