West Lake
59.8936° N, 126.5181° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)West Lake, British Columbia. 59.8936° N, 126.5181° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/west-lake-near-watson-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).
West Lake covers 0.34 km², making it smaller than 58% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies 121 km southeast of Watson Lake.
Government surveys have recorded 6 fish species here, including Arctic grayling, lake trout and lake whitefish.
- Area
- 0.34 km²
- smaller than 58% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 7.8 km
- longer than 75% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 6
- more than 77% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 577 m
Today on the water
-0.3 °C
Observed at Liard River, as of 8:00 a.m. PDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the northeast: the northeast shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southwest shore.
| Time | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NE 20 | NE 20 | calm | calm | var. 5 | var. 5 | var. 5 | SE 20 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 3 | 3 | 2 | -3 | -6 | -8 | -8 | -5 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of wet flurries early this afternoon. Clearing this afternoon. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light late this afternoon. High plus 4. UV index 1 or low.
Weather: Liard River (local forecast), as of 11:05 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:09 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:51 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:34 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:15 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:47 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:52 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 9 government surveys (1980–1982) that recorded them.
Fishing regulations: Region 7B – Omineca. Check seasons and limits before you fish.