Paradise Lake

MU 3-12, Thompson-Nicola
49.9133° N, 120.2772° W

WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadRec siteShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. Rec site position from BC Recreation Sites and Trails, checked 11 September 2026. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.

Surface area: 118.1ha
Maximum depth: 11.9m; 39 ft
Elevation: 1,524m
Campsites: 2; At Paradise Lake rec site

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

Trophy fish at Paradise Lake

Paradise Lake is known for trophy Rainbow trout to 5 lb.

Rainbow trout to 5 lb

Trophy sizes this lake is known for, not a typical catch. They are historical records from our own big fish list, with no date on file, not recent catches.

Paradise Lake at a glance

Region: Thompson-Nicola
Management unit: MU 3-12
Species: Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1995)The newest of these fish records is from 1995.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Ice fishing: No ice fishing closure on file
Coordinates: 49.9133, -120.2772

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Fish on record at Paradise Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1950	1995	2

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

How to fish Paradise Lake

Best times of year at Paradise Lake

May - June
September - October

Paradise Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Paradise Lake

36.5 km of traced road to the campground by way of Paradise Lake FSR, Bobs Lake Pit Rd, Pothole-Boot Lake FSR, The Wart FSR, Shrimpton Road FSR, Loon Lake Rd and Bates Rd. The road at the end is a loose surface.

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: 49.9133, -120.2772

Camping and rec sites at Paradise Lake

Paradise Lake
Campsites
2 designated
To the shore
16 m

Access: From Merritt travel on highway 5A for 23 km until the highway meets Highway 97C. From there proceed east on 97C towards Kelowna for 26 km. Proceed to the right onto the Elkhart Lake Interchange Keep to the right and go underneath the highway. Immediately turn left onto the Paradise Lake Road. Drive to the end of the paved section of road (about 8 km) and turn right and drive about 400 metres to the camp site and car top boat launch.
Coordinates: 49.921524, -120.282189
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Paradise Lake

11.9 mdeepest

Paradise Lake runs to 11.9 m (39 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Paradise Lake and published the depth chart.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Paradise Lake, modelled

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

In the model Paradise Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 26 October and 6 November, and ice-off between 12 May and 4 June. The median winter freezes on 1 November and opens on 25 May.

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

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 29 October 2024 to 1 May 2025, 184 days.

No ice fishing closure is recorded for Paradise Lake, so the general regional regulations apply.

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.

Paradise Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Paradise Lake is 1.2 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

+1.2 Csince the 1960s
3.9 Caverage year now
2.8 Caverage year then
-14 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Paradise Lakedegrees C, yearly mean

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Paradise 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.

Day	Sky	High / low	Wind	Rain	Pressure
Tue 20 Oct	Clear sky	10° / -4°	10 km/h, gusts 20	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	14° / 3°	16 km/h, gusts 34	dry	Falling (-6.2 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	11° / 0°	13 km/h, gusts 22	dry	Falling (-1.9 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Slight snow	4° / -3°	22 km/h, gusts 32	dry	Rising (+12.7 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	4° / -5°	15 km/h, gusts 22	dry	Rising (+6.6 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Overcast	3° / -7°	10 km/h	dry	Rising (+2.5 hPa)
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	8° / -6°	8 km/h	dry	Falling (-1.6 hPa)

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Paradise Lake, in brief

What fish are in Paradise Lake?

Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1995). Species from the province's fish observation records.

Which management unit is Paradise Lake in?

Paradise Lake is in MU 3-12, in the Thompson-Nicola. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Paradise Lake

Island Lake 2 km away
Bobs Lake 2 km away
Elkhart Lake 3 km away
Creighton Lake 3 km away
Boulder Lake 4 km away

All 342 lakes in the Thompson-Nicola, with today's conditions on each.