Slender Lake
54.435° N, 123.0367° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Slender Lake, British Columbia. 54.435° N, 123.0367° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/slender-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).
Slender Lake covers 3.22 km², making it larger than 88% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 24 km west of Bear Lake.
Government surveys have recorded 7 fish species here, including burbot and rainbow trout.
- Area
- 3.22 km²
- larger than 88% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 10.8 km
- longer than 83% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 7
- more than 84% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 745 m
Today on the water
8.3 °C
Observed at Prince George, as of 4:00 a.m. PDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Around 2 p.m., wind from the north: the north shore is sheltered, waves build toward the south shore.
| Time | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | N 20 | N 20 | N 20 | N 30 | N 30 | N 30 | N 20 | N 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 40 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Precip. % | 100 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Tonight: Rain. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Wind becoming north 20 gusting to 40 before morning. Low 6.
Weather: Prince George (local forecast), as of 4:01 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:53 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:29 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:27 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:03 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:27 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:47 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Prince George, as of 4:00 a.m. PDT
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 7 government surveys (1994–1994) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (5)
Forage fish
- Peamouth Chub 1
- Redside Shiner 1
Other
- Longnose Sucker 1
- Northern Pikeminnow 1
- White Sucker 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 7A – Omineca. Check seasons and limits before you fish.