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Sugar Lake

50.4° N, 118.5181° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Sugar Lake, British Columbia. 50.4° N, 118.5181° W

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/sugar-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.
  • 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).

Sugar Lake covers 21.7 km², making it larger than 98% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 13 km northeast of Cherryville.

Government surveys have recorded 12 fish species here, including kokanee, rainbow trout and Dolly Varden.

Area
21.7 km²
larger than 98% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Shoreline
40.1 km
longer than 97% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
Fish species
12
more than 96% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
Elevation
600 m

Today on the water

10.3 °C

Wind ESE 7 km/h

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

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Around 9 a.m., wind from the south: the south shore is sheltered, waves build toward the north 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/hcalmcalmcalmS 20S 20calmcalmcalm
Gusts km/h4040
Waves (est.) m<0.1<0.1<0.10.3
Temp. °C7810111312109
Precip. %00010010010010060

Tonight: Clear. Increasing cloudiness late this evening. Low 6.

Weather: Nakusp (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. PDT

Water level

Sugar Lake at the outlet: 7.99 m at 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday: 1.21 m below the median for this time of year, below the normal range.

9.97.99

Normal range (25th–75th percentile, HYDAT) Last 7 days

Provisional real-time data, subject to revision. hydrometric station 08LC041

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:34 a.m.
Sunrise
7:07 a.m.
Sunset
6:14 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:47 p.m.
Moonrise
6:05 a.m.
Moonset
5:34 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

North Okanagan, 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 1,297 government surveys (1946–1995) that recorded them.

  • Kokanee754 of 1,297
  • Rainbow Trout361 of 1,297
  • Dolly Varden132 of 1,297
  • Burbot7 of 1,297
  • Mountain Whitefish5 of 1,297
  • Bull Trout1 of 1,297
  • Cutthroat Trout1 of 1,297
Forage fish and other species (5)

Forage fish

  • Redside Shiner 3
  • Peamouth Chub 1

Other

  • Largescale Sucker 3
  • Longnose Sucker 3
  • Northern Pikeminnow 1

Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.

Fishing regulations: Region 8 – Okanagan. Check seasons and limits before you fish.

Getting on the water

5 listed boat launches. marks launches on the map.

North shore

East shore

Southwest shore

West shore