Kootenay Lake
- Area
- 421 km²
- Tonight
- 6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 7 km/h W
Kootenay Lake is a lake at 531 m above sea level in British Columbia, Canada, 421 km² in area and 103.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 531 m
- Length
- 103.8 km
- Shoreline
- 401.6 km
Kootenay Lake 3D map
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Kootenay Lake topographic map
100 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.
Kootenay Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Kootenay Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Kootenay Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 401.6 km
Kootenay Lake weather
Today · Clear · 6 / 10°C (43 / 50°F) · Wind 7 km/h W
Kootenay Lake forecast for about 531 m.
- Today6°10°–7 km/h W
- Sat6°12°–8 km/h SE
- Sun7°11°–9 km/h SE
- Mon7°11°0.8 mm5 km/h S
- Tue8°9°9.1 mm4 km/h SE
- Wed5°7°16.9 mm5 km/h SE
- Thu4°7°13.9 mm4 km/h SE
- Fri2°6°2.1 mm4 km/h S
- Sat1°5°0.1 mm6 km/h SW
- Sun3°6°–3 km/h SE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Kootenay Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kootenay Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Tye
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| TyeCampsite | 4.3 km NW |
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°
- 24.5% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,920 m low point 531 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; 396 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Osprey10
- Vancouver Bumble Bee10
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake9
- Ocean spray6
- Common Loon5
- Barn Swallow5
Where Kootenay Lake sits
- Region
- British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
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- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia