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Harvey Hall Lake

MU 8-5, Okanagan
49.7367° N, 120.6869° W

Map of Harvey Hall Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.120°42′W120°41.8′W120°41.5′W120°41.2′W120°41′W49°44.2′NHarvey Hall Lake0100200 mNMap of Harvey Hall Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.120°41.5′W120°41.2′W120°41′W49°44.2′N0200 mN
WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.
Surface area
11ha
Maximum depth
15m
49 ft
Elevation
1,126m

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

Trophy fish at Harvey Hall Lake

Harvey Hall Lake is known for trophy Rainbow trout to 6 lb.

  • Rainbow trout to 6 lb

Trophy sizes this lake is known for, not a typical catch. They are historical records from our own big fish list, with no date on file, not recent catches.

Harvey Hall Lake at a glance

Region
Okanagan
Management unit
MU 8-5
Species
Rainbow Trout, Brook TroutThe newest of these fish records is from 2001.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size
Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
49.7367, -120.6869

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Fish on record at Harvey Hall Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
SpeciesFirst recordedLast recordedRecords
Rainbow Trout1947200153
Brook Trout1989200115

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

How to fish Harvey Hall Lake

Best times of year at Harvey Hall Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Harvey Hall Lake fishing regulations

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Harvey Hall Lake

5.9 km of traced road to the shore by way of Pike Mountain FSR and Pike-Gladstone FSR. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 190 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at Harvey Hall Lake, 5.9 km.Start of the traceLake shore1 km
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: 49.7367, -120.6869

Depth chart for Harvey Hall Lake

15 mdeepest

Harvey Hall Lake runs to 15 m (49 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Harvey Hall Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1978.

The ice year at Harvey Hall Lake, modelled

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

In the model Harvey Hall Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 2 November and 15 November, and ice-off between 6 May and 28 May. The median winter freezes on 7 November and opens on 16 May.

Modelled ice season at Harvey Hall Lake: freeze-up most winters between 2 November and 15 November, ice-off between 6 May and 28 May.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-offabout 188 days in the median winter

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 17 April 2025, 150 days.

Harvey Hall Lake is open to ice fishing under the regulations on file.

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.

Harvey Hall Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Harvey Hall Lake is 1.2 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

  • +1.2 Csince the 1960s
  • 4.8 Caverage year now
  • 3.6 Caverage year then
  • -16 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Harvey Hall Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
2 C5 C7 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
601101601960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Harvey Hall 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.

DaySkyHigh / lowWindRainPressure
Tue 20 OctClear sky11° / -1°5 km/h, gusts 17drySteady
Wed 21 OctPartly cloudy16° / -2°10 km/h, gusts 19dryFalling (-5.4 hPa)
Thu 22 OctOvercast11° / -1°16 km/h, gusts 31drySteady
Fri 23 OctPartly cloudy6° / -3°12 km/h, gusts 37dryRising (+11.0 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast8° / -3°7 km/h, gusts 40drySteady
Sun 25 OctOvercast9° / -1°9 km/h, gusts 31dryRising (+4.0 hPa)
Mon 26 OctPartly cloudy12° / -3°2 km/h, gusts 28dryFalling (-1.0 hPa)

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Harvey Hall Lake, in brief

What fish are in Harvey Hall Lake?

Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout. Species from the province's fish observation records.

Which management unit is Harvey Hall Lake in?

Harvey Hall Lake is in MU 8-5, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

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