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Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake

MU 4-9, Kootenays
49.2531° N, 117.9442° W

Map of Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.117°57.8′W117°57.5′W117°57.2′W117°57′W117°56.8′W117°56.5′W117°56.2′W49°15′N49°15.2′N49°15.5′NNancy Greene (Sheep) Lake0250 mNMap of Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.117°57′W117°56.5′W49°15′N49°15.2′N49°15.5′N0250 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
36ha
Maximum depth
7.4m
24 ft
Elevation
1,264m

Nancy Greene Lake is located 30 km (19 mi) west of Castlegar just off of Highway 3 near the Highway 3A junction. Power boats are not permitted on the lake.

Open Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.

Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake at a glance

Region
Kootenays
Management unit
MU 4-9
Species
Rainbow TroutSpecies from angling reports and our own records.
Lake size
Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
49.2531, -117.9442

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Fish on record at Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
SpeciesFirst recordedLast recordedRecords
Rainbow Trout1959202555

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

How to fish Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake

Best times of year at Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake fishing regulations

We have no lake specific regulations on file for Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake yet.

Getting to Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake

0.3 km of traced road to the shore. The road at the end is a paved surface. It stops 380 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake, 0.3 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: 49.2531, -117.9442

Depth chart for Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake

7.4 mdeepest4 mmean

Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake runs to 7.4 m (24 ft) at its deepest.

The mean of 4 m (13 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in June 1959.

The Province sounded Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1959. It runs to 2 sheets.

The ice year at Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake, modelled

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

In the model Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 29 October and 10 November, and ice-off between 7 May and 27 May. The median winter freezes on 4 November and opens on 17 May.

Modelled ice season at Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake: freeze-up most winters between 29 October and 10 November, ice-off between 7 May and 27 May.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-offabout 191 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 3 November 2024 to 27 April 2025, 175 days.

Nancy Greene (Sheep) 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.

Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Nancy Greene (Sheep) 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
  • 4.0 Caverage year now
  • 2.9 Caverage year then
  • -6 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
1 C4 C6 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
1021411801960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Nancy Greene (Sheep) 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 sky10° / 4°2 km/h, gusts 9drySteady
Wed 21 OctClear sky16° / 4°8 km/h, gusts 17dryFalling (-4.2 hPa)
Thu 22 OctOvercast15° / 3°9 km/hdryFalling (-4.3 hPa)
Fri 23 OctPartly cloudy8° / 0°13 km/h, gusts 66dryRising (+6.4 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast9° / 0°5 km/h, gusts 12dryRising (+6.5 hPa)
Sun 25 OctOvercast11° / 2°2 km/h, gusts 16dryRising (+2.9 hPa)
Mon 26 OctMainly clear11° / 1°3 km/h, gusts 8dryRising (+1.6 hPa)

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Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake, in brief

What fish are in Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake?

Rainbow Trout. Species from angling reports and our own records.

Which management unit is Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake in?

Nancy Greene (Sheep) Lake is in MU 4-9, in the Kootenays. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

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