List of lakes of British Columbia

Last updated August 23, 2025

This is an incomplete list of lakes of British Columbia , a province of Canada.

Larger lake statistics

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SK

MB

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NU

British Columbia lakes larger than 400 km² (150 sq mi)
Lake	Area (including islands)	Altitude	Max. depth
Williston Lake ^[1]	1,761 km² (680 sq mi)	671 m (2,201 ft)
Nechako Reservoir	890 km² (340 sq mi)	853 m (2,799 ft)	305 m (1,001 ft)
Atlin Lake ^[1]	775 km² (299 sq mi)	668 m (2,192 ft)
Babine Lake ^[1]	495 km² (191 sq mi)	711 m (2,333 ft)
Kootenay Lake ^[1]	407 km² (157 sq mi)	532 m (1,745 ft)

* "Nechako Reservoir". BC Geographical Names .

List of lakes

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Upper Summit Lake

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Williston Lake

Y

Yakoun Lake (Yaaguun Suu)

References

1 2 3 4 Atlas of Canada. "Rivers in Canada". Archived from the original on 10 April 2007. Retrieved 2015-03-17.

"Nechako Reservoir". BC Geographical Names .

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List of lakes of British Columbia

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