Goat Island Peak · 1,298 m · 5.2 km SSW

Lake · British Columbia

Powell Lake

256 m840 ft

Area: 123 km²
Tonight: 6°CLight rain · Wind 4 km/h NE

Powell Lake is a lake at 256 m above sea level in British Columbia, Canada, 123 km² in area and 43.5 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 256 m
Length: 43.5 km
Shoreline: 195.1 km

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Lake

Powell Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 195.1 km

3D map

Powell Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Powell Lake terrain and contours

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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Powell Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Powell Lake weather

Tonight · Light rain · 6°C (43°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 4 km/h NE

Powell Lake forecast for about 256 m.

Tonight6°0.2 mm4 km/h NE
Today6°10°0.1 mm7 km/h NE
Mon6°14°–5 km/h W
Tue4°8°7.1 mm6 km/h W
Wed4°6°4.3 mm2 km/h S
Thu4°6°0.4 mm3 km/h E
Fri6°9°0.4 mm2 km/h NE
Sat5°9°–3 km/h N
Sun4°10°–2 km/h SW
Mon5°8°–2 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, 11:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

32.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.3%

Steep, 30–45°

29.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.9%

Steeper than 30°: 39.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 1,989 m low point 49 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.0%Water 20.3%Grassland 7.8%Moss & lichen 2.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.3%

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

Where it sits

Where Powell Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cameron Lake185 m92 km S

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGPowell Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-05.

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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 2026-08-05)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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