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Hotel Lake

MU 2-5, Lower Mainland
49.6394° N, 124.0447° W

Map of Hotel Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.124°03.8′W124°03.5′W124°03.2′W124°03′W124°02.8′W124°02.5′W124°02.2′W49°38.2′N49°38.5′NHotel Lake0250 mNMap of Hotel Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.124°03′W124°02.5′W49°38′N49°38.2′N49°38.5′N49°38.8′NHotel Lake0500 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
25.1ha
Maximum depth
10.7m
35 ft
Elevation
52m

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

Hotel Lake at a glance

Region
Lower Mainland
Management unit
MU 2-5
Species
Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1934), Threespine Stickleback, Peamouth Chub, Sculpin (General)The province's newest fish record here is from 2026.Species from the province's fish observation records and angling reports.
Lake size
Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
49.6394, -124.0447

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Fish on record at Hotel Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
SpeciesFirst recordedLast recordedRecords
Rainbow Trout193319342
Threespine Stickleback1965201510
Peamouth Chub196520053
Sculpin (General)200520051

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

How to fish Hotel Lake

Best times of year at Hotel Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Hotel Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Hotel Lake

0.5 km of traced road to the shore. The road at the end is a paved surface. It stops 120 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at Hotel Lake, 0.5 km.Start of the traceLake shore250 m
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: 49.6394, -124.0447

Depth chart for Hotel Lake

10.7 mdeepest

Hotel Lake runs to 10.7 m (35 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Hotel Lake and published the depth chart.

The ice year at Hotel Lake, modelled

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

In the model Hotel Lake froze in 37 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 18 December and 17 January, and ice-off between 9 January and 19 February. The median winter freezes on 30 December and opens on 24 January.

Modelled ice season at Hotel Lake: freeze-up most winters between 18 December and 17 January, ice-off between 9 January and 19 February.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-off

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

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 2 February 2025 to 23 February 2025, 21 days.

Hotel 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.

Hotel Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Hotel Lake is 0.7 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

  • +0.7 Csince the 1960s
  • 10.4 Caverage year now
  • 9.8 Caverage year then
  • -4 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Hotel Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
8 C10 C13 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
-514331960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Hotel 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 OctOvercast17° / 2°9 km/hdrySteady
Wed 21 OctOvercast17° / 9°6 km/hdryFalling (-5.5 hPa)
Thu 22 OctOvercast12° / 6°9 km/hdrySteady
Fri 23 OctOvercast12° / 4°8 km/hdryRising (+10.3 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast11° / 5°10 km/hdryRising (+2.8 hPa)
Sun 25 OctOvercast16° / 7°7 km/hdryFalling (-1.2 hPa)
Mon 26 OctOvercast16° / 8°6 km/hdrySteady

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Hotel Lake, in brief

What fish are in Hotel Lake?

Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1934). Species from the province's fish observation records and angling reports.

Which management unit is Hotel Lake in?

Hotel Lake is in MU 2-5, in the Lower Mainland. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

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