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One Lake

MU 5-13, Cariboo
52.2875° N, 123.5581° W

Surface area
32.7ha
Elevation
1,040m

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One Lake at a glance

Region
Cariboo
Management unit
MU 5-13
Species
Rainbow Trout, Kokanee
Lake size
Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
52.2875, -123.5581

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How to fish One Lake

Best times of year at One Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

One Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to One Lake

29.5 km of traced road to the shore by way of Alexis Creek-Nazko Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 430 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at One Lake, 29.5 km.Start of the traceLake shore5 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: 52.2875, -123.5581

The ice year at One Lake, modelled

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

In the model One Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 31 October and 11 November, and ice-off between 25 April and 12 May. The median winter freezes on 5 November and opens on 4 May.

Modelled ice season at One Lake: freeze-up most winters between 31 October and 11 November, ice-off between 25 April and 12 May.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-offabout 180 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 14 November 2024 to 24 April 2025, 161 days.

One 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.

One Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above One Lake is 1.0 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

  • +1.0 Csince the 1960s
  • 3.2 Caverage year now
  • 2.2 Caverage year then
  • -7 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at One Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
-0 C3 C6 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
1041421801960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at One 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 OctOvercast8° / -3°6 km/h, gusts 19drySteady
Wed 21 OctOvercast10° / -2°7 km/h, gusts 16dryFalling (-9.5 hPa)
Thu 22 OctSlight snow6° / -2°11 km/h, gusts 220 mmRising (+4.8 hPa)
Fri 23 OctOvercast5° / -4°8 km/h, gusts 18dryRising (+11.6 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast5° / -2°8 km/h, gusts 15dryFalling (-1.1 hPa)
Sun 25 OctPartly cloudy6° / -4°8 km/h, gusts 16dryRising (+5.3 hPa)
Mon 26 OctOvercast5° / -3°4 km/h, gusts 12dryFalling (-2.5 hPa)

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