Lakes near Grand Forks

11 lakes with detailed profiles lie within 100 km of Grand Forks, British Columbia. The closest is Christina Lake, 15 km east. 11 have sport-fish survey records and 4 have at least one listed boat launch.

Closest
15 km E
Christina Lake
Largest
510 km²
Upper Arrow Lake
Most sport-fish species
16
Upper Arrow Lake

Fishing

Sport fish recorded in the most of these lakes: rainbow trout (9), mountain whitefish (7), pumpkinseed (7), brook trout (6), kokanee (6) and yellow perch (6).

Distances are straight-line to the nearest shore from the community’s official point. The map places each lake at its centre.

25 km50 km100 kmNChristina Lake · 15.1 kmUpper Arrow Lake · 49.5 kmErie Lake · 81.2 kmTugulnuit Lake · 82 kmVaseux Lake · 83.3 kmRosebud Lake · 85.4 kmKootenay Lake · 85.7 kmLower Little Slocan Lake · 86.1 kmSkaha Lake · 89.6 kmLittle Slocan Lakes · 90.6 kmOkanagan Lake · 98.4 km

Every lake, nearest first

LakeDistanceArea km²Max depth mSport fishLaunches
Christina LakeKootenay Boundary15 km E25.6Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch
Upper Arrow LakeCentral Kootenay50 km NE510Mountain Whitefish, Burbot, Bull Trout +132
Erie LakeCentral Kootenay81 km E0.36Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Arctic Grayling +6
Tugulnuit LakeOkanagan-Similkameen82 km NW0.47Rainbow Trout, Burbot, Largemouth Bass +3
Vaseux LakeOkanagan-Similkameen83 km NW2.83Rainbow Trout, Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass +6
Rosebud LakeCentral Kootenay85 km E0.16Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout +1
Kootenay LakeCentral Kootenay86 km E422Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout, Kokanee +111
Lower Little Slocan LakeCentral Kootenay86 km NE0.92Brook Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout +11
Skaha LakeOkanagan-Similkameen90 km NW19.5Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Smallmouth Bass +6
Little Slocan LakesCentral Kootenay91 km NE0.74Mountain Whitefish, Bull Trout
Okanagan LakeCentral Okanagan98 km N349Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Yellow Perch +91

Data as of October 9, 2026. Sources: provincial surveys, HydroLAKES, Canadian Geographical Names Database. Details and licences.