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Tranquille Lake

MU 3-29, Thompson-Nicola
50.9353° N, 120.5697° W

Map of Tranquille Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.120°36′W120°35.5′W120°35′W120°34.5′W120°34′W120°33.5′W50°55.8′N50°56′N50°56.2′N50°56.5′NTranquille Lake0250500 mNMap of Tranquille Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.120°35′W120°34′W50°55.5′N50°56′N50°56.5′N0500 mN
WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.
Surface area
70.3ha
Elevation
1,409m

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Tranquille Lake at a glance

Region
Thompson-Nicola
Management unit
MU 3-29
Species
Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1978), Kokanee (last recorded 1978)The newest of these fish records is from 1978.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size
Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
50.9353, -120.5697

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Fish on record at Tranquille Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
SpeciesFirst recordedLast recordedRecords
Rainbow Trout197819782
Kokanee197819781

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

How to fish Tranquille Lake

Best times of year at Tranquille Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Tranquille Lake fishing regulations

Rainbow trout daily quota = 8; kokanee daily quota = 10. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Tranquille Lake

46.3 km of traced road to the shore by way of Flynn Rd, Sawmill Lake FSR, Sawmill Lake Rd, McQueen Creek Rd and Noble Lake Rd. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 290 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at Tranquille Lake, 46.3 km.Start of the traceLake shore10 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: 50.9353, -120.5697

The ice year at Tranquille Lake, modelled

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

In the model Tranquille Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 25 October and 6 November, and ice-off between 12 May and 31 May. The median winter freezes on 1 November and opens on 23 May.

Modelled ice season at Tranquille Lake: freeze-up most winters between 25 October and 6 November, ice-off between 12 May and 31 May.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-offabout 203 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 29 October 2024 to 2 May 2025, 185 days.

Tranquille 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.

Tranquille Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Tranquille 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
  • 0.2 Caverage year now
  • -1.1 Caverage year then
  • -9 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Tranquille Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
-3 C-0 C3 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
1551942331960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Tranquille 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 OctMainly clear8° / 0°8 km/h, gusts 21drySteady
Wed 21 OctOvercast10° / 3°12 km/h, gusts 31dryFalling (-8.0 hPa)
Thu 22 OctSlight snow8° / -1°20 km/h, gusts 49dryRising (+1.0 hPa)
Fri 23 OctOvercast4° / -3°20 km/h, gusts 50dryRising (+13.9 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast3° / -1°5 km/h, gusts 17dryFalling (-1.4 hPa)
Sun 25 OctPartly cloudy5° / -2°7 km/h, gusts 22dryRising (+3.7 hPa)
Mon 26 OctOvercast7° / 1°6 km/h, gusts 20dryFalling (-1.7 hPa)

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Tranquille Lake, in brief

What fish are in Tranquille Lake?

Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1978), Kokanee (last recorded 1978). Species from the province's fish observation records.

Which management unit is Tranquille Lake in?

Tranquille Lake is in MU 3-29, in the Thompson-Nicola. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

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