Pitt Lake
49.4° N, 122.5628° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Pitt Lake, British Columbia. 49.4° N, 122.5628° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/pitt-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.
- 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.
Pitt Lake covers 53.2 km², making it larger than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 9.3 km northeast of Silver Valley.
Government surveys have recorded 31 fish species here, including coho salmon, rainbow trout and sockeye salmon.
- Area
- 53.2 km²
- larger than 99% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 70.4 km
- longer than 98% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 31
- more than 99% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 2 m
Today on the water
14.3 °C
Observed at Pitt Meadows, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.5 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 | E 10 | SE 20 | S 30 | S 30 | W 15 | W 30 | W 30 | W 20 |
| Gusts | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness late this evening then rain beginning after midnight. Wind becoming south 30 km/h gusting to 50 near midnight. Low 12.
Weather: Pitt Meadows (local forecast), as of 10:02 p.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:48 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:20 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:33 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:05 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:05 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:37 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 4% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Metro Vancouver - NE, as of 10:00 p.m. PDT
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Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 77 government surveys (1896–2001) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (16)
Forage fish
- Pygmy Longfin Smelt 3
- Threespine Stickleback 3
- Eulachon 2
- Peamouth Chub 2
- Prickly Sculpin 2
- Redside Shiner 2
- Surf Smelt 2
- Brassy Minnow 1
- Longfin Smelt 1
- Longnose Dace 1
Other
- Common Carp 3
- Northern Pikeminnow 3
- Brown Bullhead 2
- Largescale Sucker 2
- Longnose Sucker 1
- Starry Flounder 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 2 – Lower Mainland. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Photos
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