Tchesinkut Lake
54.0936° N, 125.6244° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Tchesinkut Lake, British Columbia. 54.0936° N, 125.6244° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/tchesinkut-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).
Tchesinkut Lake covers 35.7 km², making it larger than 98% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 3.6 km east of François Lake.
Government surveys have recorded 8 fish species here, including lake trout, rainbow trout and burbot.
- Area
- 35.7 km²
- larger than 98% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 49 km
- longer than 97% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 8
- more than 88% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 741 m
Today on the water
5.3 °C
Observed at Burns Lake, as of 4:00 a.m. PDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 5 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east 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 | W 10 | W 10 | NE 20 | NE 20 | NE 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 |
Tonight: Periods of rain. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light late this evening. Low plus 1.
Weather: Burns Lake (local forecast), as of 4:05 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:04 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:39 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:38 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:14 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:38 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:58 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
- Official government depth map (PDF)1982 survey
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 13 government surveys (1981–2012) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (3)
Forage fish
- Lake Chub 1
Other
- Longnose Sucker 2
- Largescale Sucker 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 6 – Skeena. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Getting on the water
1 listed access point.
- Agate Point Recreation Site