Barton Lake

Region

Omineca

Management unit

MU 7-11

Species

Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Mountain Whitefish (last recorded 1992), Whitefish (General) (last recorded 1988), Lake Whitefish (last recorded 1982), Largescale Sucker (last recorded 1992), Peamouth Chub (last recorded 1992), Sucker (General) (last recorded 1988)The newest of these fish records is from 2002.Species from the province's fish observation records.

Lake size

Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)

Coordinates

53.478776, -123.411671

A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.

We have no lake specific regulations on file for Barton Lake yet.

Coordinates: 53.478776, -123.411671

Camping and rec sites at Barton Lake

• Barton Lake

  Campsites

  7 designated

  To the shore

  176 m

  
  Access: body> <p style="color: red">*The Pelican FSR is currently closed at km 42 due to a bridge closure, no estimated time of reopening. Alternative access available via Blackwater to Batinuni to Pelican*</p> </body> Head west from Prince George and turn left on to the Blackwater Rd - proceed 21kms and turn right on to the Pelican FSR. Turn left at 41.5km. The site is located at 3.2km along the "A" Rd. Alternatively this site can be accessed from the Bobtail FSR, 35 minutes west of PG, turn off the hwy (left) and travel 20km, then turn left onto the Blackwater Road (travel 30km), this will connect you to the Pelican FSR at 35.5km.
  Coordinates: 53.483447, -123.408827

  The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

12 mdeepest4.8 mmean

Barton Lake runs to 12 m (39 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1985.

The mean of 4.8 m (16 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in February 1985.

The Province sounded Barton Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1985.

• Depth chart (PDF)

Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.

In the model Barton Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 5 November and 18 November, and ice-off between 14 April and 5 May. The median winter freezes on 11 November and opens on 25 April.

the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 18 November 2024 to 18 April 2025, 151 days.

We have no ice fishing regulation on file for Barton Lake either way. Check the current BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis before you plan a trip.

Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.

Averaged over a year, the air above Barton Lake is 0.9 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

• +0.9 Csince the 1960s
• 4.2 Caverage year now
• 3.4 Caverage year then
• -8 daysbelow freezing, change

Open Barton Lake in the app

• Tory Lake 3 km away
• Meadow Lake 12 km away
• Lintz Lake 13 km away
• Lumpy Lake 14 km away
• Woodcock Lake 17 km away

All 235 lakes in the Omineca, with today's conditions on each.

• How the score works
• Depth, and where the trout are
• A year on a trout lake
• Fishing chironomids
• Reading a depth chart
• Trout and char of BC lakes
• Camping at rec site lakes
• Winterkill explained
• When the ice goes off