Kawkawa Lake

Region

Lower Mainland

Management unit

MU 2-17

Species

Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1995), Kokanee (last recorded 1995), Cutthroat Trout (last recorded 1995), Dolly Varden (last recorded 1995), Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout (last recorded 1957), Coho Salmon, Chum Salmon, Pink Salmon, Sockeye Salmon, Steelhead (last recorded 1940), Sucker (General) (last recorded 1995), Sculpin (General) (last recorded 1995), Minnow (General) (last recorded 1995), Slimy Sculpin (last recorded 1986), Stickleback (General) (last recorded 1960), Largescale Sucker (last recorded 1951), Northern Pikeminnow (last recorded 1951), Redside Shiner (last recorded 1951), Coastrange Sculpin (formerly Aleutian Sculpin) (last recorded 1951), Lake Chub (last recorded 1951), Prickly Sculpin (last recorded 1951), Threespine Stickleback (last recorded 1951), Goldfish (last recorded 1950), Peamouth Chub (last recorded 1950)The newest of these fish records is from 1997.Species from the province's fish observation records.

Lake size

Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)

Ice fishing

Open to ice fishing, confirmed

Coordinates

49.3861, -121.4017

One of the few kokanee fisheries within reach of Vancouver, fed by cold groundwater. The kokanee are 14 inches or less and the coastal cutthroat are 12 inches or smaller, so this is a numbers lake rather than a size lake. Closed December through February.

• Kokanee Wild
  Typically 14 inches or less
  Surface fishing peaks in March, then the schools go deep from June to August.
  Source: Fishing with Rod
• Coastal Cutthroat Trout Wild
  Typically 12 inches or smaller
  Heavily spotted, like the sea run fish.
  Source: Fishing with Rod

The rule that shapes it. No Fishing Dec 1-Feb 28; Kokanee daily quota = 4. Sources: Province of British Columbia, Fishing with Rod

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

Best times of year at Kawkawa Lake

• May - June
• September - October

3.7 km of traced road to the shore by way of Lakeview Cres, Kawkawa Lake Rd, Corbett St, 4th Ave and Old Hope Princeton Way. The road at the end is a paved surface. It stops 240 m short of the shore.

Coordinates: 49.3861, -121.4017

14 mdeepest10.4 mmean

Kawkawa Lake runs to 14 m (46 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey.

The Province sounded Kawkawa Lake and published the depth chart. It runs to 2 sheets.

• Depth chart 1 OF 1 (PDF)
• Depth chart 1 OF 1 (PDF)

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

In the model Kawkawa Lake froze in 61 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 2 December and 8 January, and ice-off between 21 January and 4 March. The median winter freezes on 18 December and opens on 10 February.

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

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 17 January 2025 to 24 February 2025, 38 days.

Kawkawa 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.

Averaged over a year, the air above Kawkawa Lake is 1.1 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

• +1.1 Csince the 1960s
• 6.9 Caverage year now
• 5.8 Caverage year then
• -13 daysbelow freezing, change

Open Kawkawa Lake in the app

• Schkam Lake 4 km away
• Eaton Lake 15 km away
• Swanee Lake 17 km away
• Deer Lake (Sasquatch Park) 20 km away
• Moss Pothole Lakes 21 km away

All 133 lakes in the Lower Mainland, 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