There are 386,016 natural lakes in British Columbia, according to the provincial government, and 4,965 of them have names.
Many of them you know: they define entire regions of the province — from Okanagan to Kootenay Lake — or are so popular they require day passes, like Joffre or Garibaldi.
Some are beloved summer vacation spots (say, Cultus or Sproat Lake), some look like pristine postcards (Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park comes to mind) and some are small in area but big in visitors (we’re looking at you, Trout Lake).
The longest is Babine, near Burns Lake, at 177 kilometres in length, while the deepest is Quesnel, which is also the deepest fjord lake in
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