North Barrière Lake

Region

Thompson-Nicola

Management unit

MU 3-38

Species

Kokanee, Brook Trout (last recorded 1994), Bull Trout (last recorded 1994), Mountain Whitefish (last recorded 1994), Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1994), Burbot (last recorded 1970), Dolly Varden (last recorded 1970), Lake Trout (last recorded 1970), Sockeye Salmon, Coho Salmon (last recorded 1994), Salmon (General) (last recorded 1970), Largescale Sucker (last recorded 1994), Northern Pikeminnow (last recorded 1994), Prickly Sculpin (last recorded 1994), Redside Shiner (last recorded 1994), Sculpin (General) (last recorded 1994), Bridgelip Sucker (last recorded 1970), Longnose Dace (last recorded 1970)The newest of these fish records is from 2001.Species from the province's fish observation records.

Lake size

Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)

Coordinates

51.3287, -119.85878

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

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

34.2 km of traced road to the campground by way of park access, N Barrier Lake FSR, Barriere North Rd, Barriere Lakes Rd and Barriere Town Rd. The road at the end is a loose surface.

Coordinates: 51.3287, -119.85878

Camping and rec sites at North Barrière Lake

• North Barriere Lake

  Campsites

  25 designated

  To the shore

  156 m

  
  Access: BR><BR>The recreation site is located on the northern shore of North Barriere Lake. Access is from the community of Barriere up the Barriere Lakes Road. Turn at the North Barriere Lake Forest Service Road. The site is located at the 16km board.
  Coordinates: 51.34387, -119.827013

  The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

54 mdeepest34.8 mmean

North Barrière Lake runs to 54 m (177 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1964.

The mean of 34.8 m (114 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in November 1964.

The Province sounded North Barrière Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1964. 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 North Barrière Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 16 November and 3 December, and ice-off between 11 March and 13 April. The median winter freezes on 25 November and opens on 1 April.

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 8 March 2025, 110 days.

We have no ice fishing regulation on file for North Barrière Lake either way. Check the current BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis before you plan a trip.

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 North Barrière 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
• 0.4 Caverage year now
• -0.7 Caverage year then
• -10 daysbelow freezing, change

Open North Barrière Lake in the app

• East Barrière Lake 7 km away
• Baird Lake 8 km away
• Saskum Lake 15 km away
• South Barrière Lake 15 km away
• Leonie Lake 16 km away

All 342 lakes in the Thompson-Nicola, 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