Susan Lake

Region

Cariboo

Management unit

MU 5-2

Species

Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout (last recorded 1990), Longnose Sucker (last recorded 1979), Redside Shiner (last recorded 1979)The newest of these fish records is from 1998.Species from the province's fish observation records.

Lake size

Small Water (< 50 ha)

Coordinates

51.933029, -120.909768

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 Susan Lake yet.

29.9 km of traced road to the campground by way of Lang Lake FSR, 610 Road FSR and Canim-Hendrix Lake Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface.

Coordinates: 51.933029, -120.909768

Camping and rec sites at Susan Lake

• Susan Lake

  Campsites

  1 designated

  To the shore

  35 m

  
  Access: From 100 Mile House travel north on Hwy 97 for approximately 2 km and turn right/east onto the Canim-Hendrix Lake Road. Travel 21 km to Forest Grove and turn right/east, remaining on the Canim-Hendrix Lake Road, and continue another 25 km, where the road becomes the 6000 Road (gravel). Continue to the 60-5.5 km board and turn left onto the Lang Lake Forest Service Road (610 Road). Travel to the 610-09 km board and turn left onto the Susan Lake Forest Service Road (641 Road). Travel 3.4 km and turn left into the Susan Lake Recreation Site.
  Coordinates: 51.934376, -120.904948

  The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

5 mdeepest4.9 mmean

Susan Lake runs to 5 m (16 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1979.

The mean of 4.9 m (16 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in November 1979.

The Province sounded Susan Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1979.

• Depth chart (PDF)

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

In the model Susan Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 6 November and 20 November, and ice-off between 18 April and 7 May. The median winter freezes on 13 November and opens on 29 April.

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

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 15 November 2024 to 6 April 2025, 142 days.

We have no ice fishing regulation on file for Susan 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 Susan 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
• 2.9 Caverage year now
• 1.9 Caverage year then
• -6 daysbelow freezing, change

Open Susan Lake in the app

• Roger Lake 4 km away
• Succour Lake 6 km away
• Boomerang Lake 7 km away
• Christmas Lake 9 km away
• Hawkins Lake 10 km away

All 328 lakes in the Cariboo, 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