Windermere Lake
50.45° N, 115.9889° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Windermere Lake, British Columbia. 50.45° N, 115.9889° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/bc/windermere-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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Windermere Lake covers 16.2 km², making it larger than 97% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia. It lies beside Windermere.
Government surveys have recorded 23 fish species here, including rainbow trout, brook trout and largemouth bass.
- Area
- 16.2 km²
- larger than 97% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Shoreline
- 34.6 km
- longer than 96% of the 4,577 lakes in British Columbia
- Fish species
- 23
- more than 99% of the 2,793 surveyed lakes in British Columbia
- Elevation
- 800 m
Today on the water
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.4 m.
| Time | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | calm | calm | calm | SW 30 | SW 30 | SW 30 | SW 30 | var. 5 |
| Gusts | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||||
| Waves (est.) m | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||
| Temp. °C | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 10 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 30 | 30 |
Tonight: Clear. Wind southeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 7.
Weather: Invermere (local forecast), as of Thu 11:05 p.m. MDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:24 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:57 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:04 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:36 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:54 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:24 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
- Official government depth map (PDF)1980 survey
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 263 government surveys (1917–2026) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (11)
Forage fish
- Prickly Sculpin 13
- Redside Shiner 13
- Peamouth Chub 11
- Torrent Sculpin 2
- Chiselmouth 1
- Longnose Dace 1
- Ninespine Stickleback 1
- Tidepool Sculpin 1
Other
- Northern Pikeminnow 29
- Largescale Sucker 10
- Longnose Sucker 3
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Region 4 – Kootenay. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Photos
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