Sakinaw Lake
49.6733° N, 124.0175° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Sakinaw Lake, British Columbia. 49.6733° N, 124.0175° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/sakinaw-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.
- 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).
Sakinaw Lake covers 6.84 km², making it larger than 94% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 3 km northeast of Garden Bay.
Government surveys have recorded 12 fish species here, including cutthroat trout, sockeye salmon and coho salmon.
- Area
- 6.84 km²
- larger than 94% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 33.7 km
- longer than 96% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 12
- more than 96% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 11 m
Today on the water
13.8 °C
Observed at Sechelt, 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 southeast: the southeast shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northwest 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 | SE 30 | SE 30 | NW 15 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 20 | NW 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 40 | |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 9 |
| Precip. % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy this evening then rain. Fog patches near the coast this evening. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 except gusting to 70 near the Strait of Georgia overnight. Low 12.
Weather: Sechelt (local forecast), as of 12:03 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:56 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:28 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:37 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:09 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:28 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:57 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Nanaimo / Parksville, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT
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Depth
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 57 government surveys (1927–2010) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (4)
Forage fish
- Peamouth Chub 6
- Prickly Sculpin 6
- Threespine Stickleback 4
Other
- Lake Lamprey 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 2 – Lower Mainland. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
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