Bouleau Lake

MU 8-21, Okanagan
50.2861° N, 119.6589° W

WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadRec siteShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. Rec site position from BC Recreation Sites and Trails, checked 9 September 2026. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.

Surface area: 67ha
Maximum depth: 19.5m; 64 ft
Elevation: 1,402m
Campsites: 4; At Bouleau Lake rec site

Open Bouleau Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.

Bouleau Lake at a glance

Region: Okanagan
Management unit: MU 8-21
Species: Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1995)The newest of these fish records is from 1995.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Ice fishing: No ice fishing closure on file
Coordinates: 50.2861, -119.6589

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Fish on record at Bouleau Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1987	1995	37

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

How to fish Bouleau Lake

Best times of year at Bouleau Lake

May - June
September - October

Bouleau Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Bouleau Lake

A 10 vehicle BCFS campsite with good cartop boat launching is available on Bouleau.

31.5 km of traced road to the campground by way of Bouleau FSR and Ingram FSR. The road at the end is a rough surface.

The route traced over the BC Digital Road Atlas. A trace is a line on a map, not a report on the road: check conditions before you drive it.

Coordinates: 50.2861, -119.6589

Camping and rec sites at Bouleau Lake

Bouleau Lake
Campsites
4 designated
To the shore
18 m

Access: Notice: Due to fire damage and the subsequent road deactivation, there is no road access to Bouleau Lake from Westside Road/Okanagan Lake. To access Boulleau Lake, take Hwy 97 (Westwold), turn onto Douglas Lake Rd. Travel 25.9 km (mile marker 27). Turn left onto Salmon River Road. After 6.3 km (mile marker 33), turn left to remain on Salmon River road. After 8.4 km, bear left onto Whiteman-Granite FSR. Travel 17 km and then turn left onto Bouleau Lake Rd, and drive the final 400 meters to the entry of Bouleau Lake Recreation Site access. Caution: there are sections of this road effected by 2021 fire, so obstacles like windfall and rocks are common. Go prepared for obstacles.
Coordinates: 50.286928, -119.644177
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Bouleau Lake

19.5 mdeepest

Bouleau Lake runs to 19.5 m (64 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Bouleau Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1971.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Bouleau Lake, modelled

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

In the model Bouleau Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 30 October and 8 November, and ice-off between 10 May and 27 May. The median winter freezes on 5 November and opens on 19 May.

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

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 29 October 2024 to 6 May 2025, 189 days.

No ice fishing closure is recorded for Bouleau Lake, so the general regional regulations apply.

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.

Bouleau Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Bouleau 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
1.4 Caverage year now
0.4 Caverage year then
-7 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Bouleau Lakedegrees C, yearly mean

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Bouleau Lake

The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.

Day	Sky	High / low	Wind	Rain	Pressure
Tue 20 Oct	Clear sky	9° / -1°	12 km/h	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	15° / 4°	14 km/h, gusts 24	dry	Falling (-6.7 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	12° / 2°	14 km/h	dry	Falling (-2.3 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Overcast	5° / -3°	20 km/h, gusts 36	dry	Rising (+12.4 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	4° / -4°	10 km/h	dry	Rising (+7.2 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Mainly clear	4° / -6°	8 km/h	dry	Rising (+2.5 hPa)
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	5° / -6°	8 km/h	dry	Falling (-1.1 hPa)

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Bouleau Lake, in brief

What fish are in Bouleau Lake?

Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1995). Species from the province's fish observation records.

Which management unit is Bouleau Lake in?

Bouleau Lake is in MU 8-21, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Bouleau Lake

Little Bouleau Lake 2 km away
Nugget Lake 12 km away
Jimmy Lake 13 km away
Woods Lake 14 km away
Pinaus Lake 16 km away

All 212 lakes in the Okanagan, with today's conditions on each.