Cowichan Lake
- Area
- 62 km²
- Tonight
- 7°CLight rain · Wind 14 km/h NE
Cowichan Lake is a lake at 163 m above sea level in British Columbia, Canada, 62 km² in area and 31.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 163 m
- Length
- 31.0 km
- Shoreline
- 106.6 km
Cowichan Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 106.6 km
Cowichan Lake 3D map
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Cowichan Lake terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Cowichan Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Cowichan Lake weather
Tonight · Light rain · 7°C (45°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 14 km/h NE
Cowichan Lake forecast for about 163 m.
- Tonight7°0.2 mm14 km/h NE
- Today7°10°14.5 mm18 km/h NE
- Mon7°13°–6 km/h W
- Tue6°10°4.0 mm14 km/h W
- Wed4°7°10.9 mm5 km/h S
- Thu4°5°4.3 mm8 km/h NE
- Fri4°8°0.4 mm4 km/h NE
- Sat4°9°–4 km/h NE
- Sun4°9°–3 km/h W
- Mon4°9°–4 km/h NE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 25, 13:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cowichan Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cowichan Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest caravan site
Pine Point Campground
Nearest campsite
1.4 km N
Nearest parking
3.0 km E
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Pine Point CampgroundCaravan site | 1.4 km N |
| Campsite | 1.4 km N |
| Maple Grove Recreation SiteCampsite | 2.9 km NW |
| Parking | 3.0 km E |
| Caycuse CampsiteCampsite | 3.4 km W |
| Parking | 3.4 km E |
| Parking | 6.2 km SE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 26.6% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,371 m low point 161 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 787 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Wapiti190
- Pacific trillium161
- Coast Fawn Lily120
- Pacific Banana Slug89
- Western sword fern77
- Cascade Oregon-grape76
Where Cowichan Lake sits
- Region
- British Columbia116Canada335North America1,328
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)