British Columbians take great pride in their rivers and lakes - with good reason! Few places on earth can boast such a rich endowment of healthy, free-flowing fresh water - over 700 lakes and 1,000 rivers, streams and creeks!

Our lakes and gurgling waterways provide solitude and a relaxing respite from the rigours of everyday life, creating life-long memories of a wonderful vacation spent on Vancouver Island.

Parts of British Columbia remain wild and free, and many Vancouver Island lakes are inaccessible by road; fly-ins by float plane or helicopter will land you in breathtaking natural surroundings, away from cities and highways, where recreational fishing and angling challenges rate amongst the best in the world. Freshwater Lakes are everywhere on Vancouver Island - no town or settlement is far from a lake stocked with rainbow or cutthroat trout, rustic campsites or boat launch ramps. Gather the family, pack the fishing rods, secure the canoe and head off for an exciting day on the water.

Lakes on Vancouver Island and the BC Gulf Islands

North Vancouver Island
Alice Lake Antler Lake Anutz Lake Atluck Lake Beaver Lake Benson Lake Bonanza Lake Georgie Lake Hoomak Lake Kains Lake		Kathleen Lake Keogh Lake Klaklakama Lake Little Klaklakama Lake Maynard Lake Muchalat Lake Mukwilla Lake Nahwitti Lake O'Connor Lake Rooney Lake	Roselle Lake Schoen Lake Three Isle Lake Tsiko Lake Upana Lake Vernon Lake Victoria Lake Wolfe Lake Woss Lake

Central Vancouver Island
Amor Lake Ash Lake Battleship Lake Beautiful Lake Beavertail Lake Blue Grouse Lake Boomerang Lake Boot Lake Brannen Lake Brewster Lake Buttle Lake Cameron Lake Cedar Lake Comox Lake Croteau Lake Darkis Lake Dickson Lake Diver Lake Donner Lake Drum Lake Echo Lake Elsie Lake Farewell Lake Forbidden Plateau Lakes Gooseneck Lake Gosling Lake		Grace Lake Green Lake Healy Lake (Panther Lake) Helen Mackenzie Lake Horne Lake Johnston Lake Junior Lake Kunlin Lake Kwai Lake Labour Day Lake Lady Lake Long Lake Loon Lake Lower Campbell Lake Lowry Lake Lucid Lake Maple Lake Mariwood Lake Martha Lake McCreight Lake McKenzie Lake McLaughlin Lake Middle Quinsam Lake Moat Lake Mohun Lake	Nanaimo Lakes Nimnim Lake Oshinow Lake Patterson Lake Pye Lake Quinsam Lake Regan Lake Rhododendron Lake Roberts Lake Sayward Forest Lakes Shelton Lake Snakehead Lake Spider Lake Spirit Lake Stella Lake Stewart Lake Tlowils Lake Toy Lake Turnbull Lake Twin Lake Upper Campbell Lake Upper Quinsam Lake Westwood Lake Willemar Lake Wolf Lake

South Vancouver Island
Bear Creek Reservoir Chemainus Lake Cowichan Lake Crabapple Lake Crystal Lake Dougan Lake Durrance Lake Elk & Beaver Lakes Fairy Lake Fuller Lake Glen Lake Grassie Lake		Holden Lake Kemp Lake Langford Lake Lizard Lake Matheson Lake Mayo Lake McKay Lake Mesachie Lake Prior Lake Prospect Lake Quamichan Lake	Quennel Lake Rheinhart Lake Shawnigan Lake Shields Lake Silver Lake Somenos Lakes Spectacle Lake Thetis Lake Timberland Lake Weeks Lake Wild Deer Lake

Pacific Rim
Black Lake Darlington Lake Doran Lake Father & Son Lake Flora Lake Francis Lake Frederick Lake		Gracie Lake Great Central Lake Henry Lake Kammat Lake Kennedy Lake Maggie Lake Muriel Lake	Nahmint Lake Nitinat Lake Pachena Lakes Rosseau Lake Sarita Lake Sproat Lake Tuck Lake

Gulf & Discovery Islands
Cusheon Lake St. Mary Lake Stowell Lake Weston Lake

Lakes in the Vancouver Coast & Mountains Region of BC

Sunshine Coast of BC
Black Lake Carlson Lake Cranberry Lake Dodd Lake Duck Lake Emily Lake Freda Lake Garden Bay Lake Goat Lake Haslam Lake Horseshoe Lake Inland Lake		Ireland Lake Katherine Lake Khartoum Lake Klein (Kline) Lake Kokomo Lake Lewis Lake Lois Lake Lyon Lake Mackechnie Lake Mixal Lake Nanton Lake North Lake	Paxton Lake Powell Lake Priest Lake Ruby Lake Sakinaw Lake Sliammon Lake Trout Lake Unwin Lakes Waugh Lake West Lake Windsor Lake Wormy Lake