Valentine Lake

MU 5-2, Cariboo
51.5853° N, 121.4506° 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: 66.6ha
Maximum depth: 14.6m; 48 ft
Elevation: 1,219m
Campsites: 13; At Valentine Lake rec site

At the north end of 100 Mile House , turn west off Highway 97 onto the Exeter Road and follow this easily accessible road for about 18 km (11 mi.).

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

Trophy fish at Valentine Lake

Valentine Lake is known for trophy Rainbow trout to 8 lb.

Rainbow trout to 8 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.

Valentine Lake at a glance

Region: Cariboo
Management unit: MU 5-2
Species: Rainbow TroutThe newest of these fish records is from 2026.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Ice fishing: Closed to ice fishing
Coordinates: 51.5853, -121.4506

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Fish on record at Valentine Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1968	2026	84

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

How to fish Valentine Lake

Best times of year at Valentine Lake

May - June
September - October

Valentine Lake fishing regulations

No Ice Fishing; Trout daily quota = 2; Artificial fly only, bait ban; Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Valentine Lake

A Forest Service Campsite suitable for campers, small trailers and cartop boat launching is located on the west side of the lake. This is also a popular site for hunting camps. Only electric motors are allowed, no power boats.

21.6 km of traced road to the campground by way of unsigned, Gustafsen Lake FSR and Exeter Station Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 70 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: 51.5853, -121.4506

Camping and rec sites at Valentine Lake

Valentine Lake
Campsites
13 designated
To the shore
12 m

Access: From 100 Mile House turn west onto Exeter Station road and Gustafsen Lake(1100)road and follow for 8km. Turn south onto the 800 road and travel for 9.5km to Valentine Lake.
Coordinates: 51.583085, -121.457261
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Valentine Lake

14.6 mdeepest

Valentine Lake runs to 14.6 m (48 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Valentine Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1971.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Valentine Lake, modelled

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

In the model Valentine Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 29 October and 10 November, and ice-off between 27 April and 15 May. The median winter freezes on 5 November and opens on 8 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 27 April 2025, 180 days.

Valentine Lake is closed to ice fishing.

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.

Valentine Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Valentine Lake is 0.9 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

+0.9 Csince the 1960s
4.0 Caverage year now
3.0 Caverage year then
-7 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Valentine 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 Valentine 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° / -1°	16 km/h, gusts 31	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	12° / 2°	16 km/h, gusts 31	dry	Falling (-9.6 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Light drizzle	8° / -1°	16 km/h, gusts 36	dry	Rising (+3.6 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Overcast	5° / -3°	10 km/h, gusts 18	dry	Rising (+12.9 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	3° / -1°	9 km/h, gusts 16	dry	Falling (-1.6 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Partly cloudy	5° / -3°	9 km/h, gusts 24	dry	Rising (+5.5 hPa)
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	8° / -1°	11 km/h, gusts 20	dry	Falling (-3.5 hPa)

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Valentine Lake, in brief

What fish are in Valentine Lake?

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

Which management unit is Valentine Lake in?

Valentine Lake is in MU 5-2, in the Cariboo. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Valentine Lake

Edmund Lake 4 km away
Big Lake 9 km away
Boar Lake 15 km away
Whale Lake 15 km away
Sepa Lake 18 km away

All 328 lakes in the Cariboo, with today's conditions on each.