Swalwell Lake

MU 8-10, Okanagan
50.0484° N, 119.2433° 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: 294.3ha
Maximum depth: 25m; 82 ft. Province survey, 1980
Elevation: 1,344m
Campsites: 14; At Swalwell Lake rec site

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Trophy fish at Swalwell Lake

Swalwell 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.

Swalwell Lake at a glance

Region: Okanagan
Management unit: MU 8-10
Species: Rainbow Trout, Prickly Sculpin (last recorded 1995)The newest of these fish records is from 2026.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Coordinates: 50.048382, -119.24329

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Fish on record at Swalwell Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1927	2026	628
Prickly Sculpin	1995	1995	1

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

Swalwell Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Swalwell Lake

18.1 km of traced road to the campground by way of Dee Lake Rd and Beaver Lake Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 200 m short of the campground.

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: 50.048382, -119.24329

Camping and rec sites at Swalwell Lake

Swalwell Lake
Campsites
14 designated
To the shore
68 m

Access: Located approximately 17 km. (11 mi.) Northeast of the town of Winfield (Lake Country). From the city of Kelowna travel north on Hwy. #97 to Winfield. Turn east off Hwy. #97 onto Beaver Lake Road and follow it to Swalwell (Beaver) Lake.
Coordinates: 50.056784, -119.235446
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Swalwell Lake

25 mdeepest9.8 mmean

Swalwell Lake runs to 25 m (82 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1980.

The mean of 9.8 m (32 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in March 1980.

The Province sounded Swalwell Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1980. It runs to 2 sheets.

The ice year at Swalwell Lake, modelled

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

In the model Swalwell Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 29 October and 8 November, and ice-off between 7 May and 26 May. The median winter freezes on 5 November and opens on 19 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 2 May 2025, 185 days.

We have no ice fishing regulation on file for Swalwell 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.

Swalwell Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Swalwell 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
-11 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Swalwell 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 Swalwell 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
Wed 21 Oct	Partly cloudy	13° / 3°	12 km/h	dry	Steady
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	13° / 2°	13 km/h, gusts 18	dry	Falling (-2.1 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Partly cloudy	5° / -2°	15 km/h, gusts 52	dry	Rising (+12.1 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	4° / -1°	2 km/h, gusts 37	dry	Steady
Sun 25 Oct	Overcast	8° / -1°	3 km/h, gusts 16	dry	Steady
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	10° / 1°	5 km/h	dry	Falling (-5.9 hPa)
Tue 27 Oct	Overcast	7° / -1°	9 km/h	dry	Rising (+1.1 hPa)

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Swalwell Lake, in brief

What fish are in Swalwell Lake?

Rainbow Trout. Species from the province's fish observation records.

How big is Swalwell Lake?

Swalwell Lake covers about 294.3 ha, by the province's Freshwater Atlas.

Which management unit is Swalwell Lake in?

Swalwell Lake is in MU 8-10, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Swalwell Lake

All 212 lakes in the Okanagan, with today's conditions on each.