Kokanee Lake
- 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
Kokanee Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.2 km≈30 min to walk around
Kokanee Lake 3D map
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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.
Kokanee Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest hut
Kokanee Glacier Cabin
Nearest parking
3.2 km SSE
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Kaslo Lake CampgroundCampsite | 2.3 km NNW |
| Kokanee Glacier CabinHut | 2.8 km NNW |
| Parking | 3.2 km SSE |
| Parking | 7.1 km SSE |
| West Kokanee Cabin (Fudd Hut)Hut | 7.7 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 33.2% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,210 m low point 1,575 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2 km of Kokanee Lake.
Summit list 5
- 1The Pyramids2,764 m 1.1 km NE
- 2The Battleship2,640 m 1.4 km NE
- 3Mount John Carter2,610 m 1.5 km WSW
- 4Giants Kneecap2,785 m 1.6 km ENE
- 5Esmeralda Peak2,790 m 1.8 km E
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 Kokanee Lake sits
- Region
- British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Nearby places
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- 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)