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Nitinat Lake Ecological Reserve

48.7661° N, 124.7221° W

Nitinat Lake Ecological Reserve, British Columbia. 48.7661° N, 124.7221° W

Ecological reserve, 0.77 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/nitinat-lake-ecological-reserve/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • 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.
  • 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).

Nitinat Lake Ecological Reserve is a 0.77 km² ecological reserve 13 km northeast of Whyac, in British Columbia. It was established in 1974.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Nitinat Lake (27 km²).

Area
0.77 km²
Established
1974
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

10.2 °C

Wind ESE 7 km/h

Observed at Port Alberni, as of 7:00 a.m. PDT

Today: Showers ending this morning then mainly cloudy. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northwest 20 this morning then light late this afternoon. High 18. UV index 2 or low.

Weather: Port Alberni (local forecast), as of 7:02 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:58 a.m.
Sunrise
7:30 a.m.
Sunset
6:40 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:12 p.m.
Moonrise
6:30 a.m.
Moonset
6:01 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Nitinat Lake27 km²

Official record

Designation
Ecological reserve
Park class
Class N
IUCN category
Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia
Official website
bcparks.ca