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Kokanee Lake

1,965 m6,447 ft
Area
0.18 km²
Tonight
-7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 7 km/h NW

Kokanee Lake is a lake at 1,965 m above sea level in British Columbia, Canada, 0.18 km² in area and 0.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,965 m
Length
0.9 km
Shoreline
2.2 km
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Lake

Kokanee Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.9 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.2 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Kokanee Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Kokanee 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Kokanee Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Kokanee Lake weather

Today · Clear · -7 / 0°C (19 / 32°F) · Wind 7 km/h NW

Kokanee Lake forecast for about 1,965 m.

  • Today-7°0°–7 km/h NW
  • Sat-4°0°0.7 mm8 km/h NE
  • Sun-3°2°–11 km/h E
  • Mon-2°3°2.1 mm5 km/h E
  • Tue-3°-1°6.1 mm8 km/h SW
  • Wed-4°-2°8.0 mm6 km/h SE
  • Thu-6°-3°5.1 mm8 km/h S
  • Fri-9°-5°2.8 mm8 km/h SW
  • Sat-13°-6°–6 km/h SW
  • Sun-7°-4°–3 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kokanee Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kokanee Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Kaslo Lake Campground

    2.3 km NNW

  • Nearest hut

    Kokanee Glacier Cabin

    2.8 km NNW · +1 more within 7.7 km

  • Nearest parking

    3.2 km SSE

    +1 more within 7.1 km

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Kaslo Lake CampgroundCampsite2.3 km NNW
Kokanee Glacier CabinHut2.8 km NNW
Parking3.2 km SSE
Parking7.1 km SSE
West Kokanee Cabin (Fudd Hut)Hut7.7 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
18.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
48.0%
Steep, 30–45°
28.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.9%
Steeper than 30°
33.2% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,210 m low point 1,575 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 44.5%Trees 16.6%Grassland 15.1%Snow & ice 12.2%Moss & lichen 10.2%Water 1.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Kokanee Lake.

NESW1 km2 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1The Pyramids2,764 m 1.1 km NE
  2. 2The Battleship2,640 m 1.4 km NE
  3. 3Mount John Carter2,610 m 1.5 km WSW
  4. 4Giants Kneecap2,785 m 1.6 km ENE
  5. 5Esmeralda Peak2,790 m 1.8 km E
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 174 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • White pasqueflower51
  • Columbian Ground Squirrel38
  • Hoary Marmot32
  • Glacier Lily19
  • Northern holly fern19
  • Green false hellebore18
Where it sits

Where Kokanee Lake sits

Region
British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Kokanee Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-20)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia