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Monte Lake

50.5058° N, 119.8381° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Monte Lake, British Columbia. 50.5058° N, 119.8381° W

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/monte-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.
  • 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.

Monte Lake covers 1.64 km², making it larger than 80% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 6.4 km northwest of Westwold.

Government surveys have recorded 7 fish species here, including rainbow trout, kokanee and steelhead.

Area
1.64 km²
larger than 80% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Shoreline
7.2 km
longer than 73% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Fish species
7
more than 84% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
Elevation
686 m

Today on the water

12.3 °C

Partly CloudyWind S 3 km/h

Observed at Kamloops, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Around 1 a.m., wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northeast shore.

Time1 a.m.4 a.m.7 a.m.10 a.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.7 p.m.10 p.m.
Wind km/hSW 30SW 20SW 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 20
Gusts km/h404040
Waves (est.) m0.30.20.20.1
Temp. °C141311111213119
Precip. %00808080808080

Tonight: Mainly cloudy. Wind east 20 km/h becoming southwest 30 late this evening. Low 10.

Weather: Kamloops (local forecast), as of 12:07 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:39 a.m.
Sunrise
7:12 a.m.
Sunset
6:19 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:52 p.m.
Moonrise
6:11 a.m.
Moonset
5:39 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Kamloops, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

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 184 government surveys (1931–2026) that recorded them.

  • Rainbow Trout123 of 184
  • Kokanee28 of 184
  • Steelhead2 of 184Not recorded since 1953
Forage fish and other species (4)

Forage fish

  • Redside Shiner 10
  • Prickly Sculpin 9

Other

  • Largescale Sucker 3
  • Northern Pikeminnow 1

Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.

Fishing regulations: Region 3 – Thompson. Check seasons and limits before you fish.

Photos

Scenery at Monte Lake - BC - Canada - 02 (16897108851) (2)
Photo: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons