North Barrière Lake
51.3356° N, 119.8392° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)North Barrière Lake, British Columbia. 51.3356° N, 119.8392° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/north-barriere-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.
- 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).
North Barrière Lake covers 4.99 km², making it larger than 92% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 20 km east of Darfield.
Government surveys have recorded 16 fish species here, including kokanee, rainbow trout and sockeye salmon.
- Area
- 4.99 km²
- larger than 92% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 16.6 km
- longer than 90% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 16
- more than 98% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 635 m
Today on the water
8.3 °C
Observed at Clearwater, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 2 a.m., wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northeast shore.
| Time | 1 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/h | S 10 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | N 30 | N 30 | var. 5 |
| Gusts km/h | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 20 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Tonight: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning overnight. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h overnight. Low 9.
Weather: Clearwater (local forecast), as of 12:00 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:40 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:13 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:18 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:51 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:11 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:38 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
- Official government depth map (PDF)1997 survey
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 36 government surveys (1947–2001) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (6)
Forage fish
- Redside Shiner 2
- Longnose Dace 1
- Prickly Sculpin 1
Other
- Northern Pikeminnow 2
- Bridgelip Sucker 1
- Largescale Sucker 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 3 – Thompson. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Getting on the water
1 listed boat launch. marks launches on the map.
- North Barriere Lake Recreation Site
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