BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Haggkvist Lake
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 1
- Hookups
- 1 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 5,190 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Lumby
- Activities
- Angling, Boating, Camping
About
This is a small treed site on a fly-fishing lake. The road access is narrow and the last 50 meters is extremely rough. The site has a cartop boat launch and this lake's trout/char daily quota is 2, bait ban, and ice fishing is not allowed.
Road access. User-maintained site with no regular servicing. Facilities on file: boat launch, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings. First come, first served.
Getting there: Located northeast of the city of Vernon. From Vernon take Hwy. #6 east to the community of Lumby where you will turn left on Shuswap Avenue. Follow the signs for Mabel Lake Provincial Park along the Lumby-Mabel Lake Rd. Turn right on Silverhills Forest Service Road. After 23.6 km, bear left onto Sigalet Lake Forest Service Road. After 0.6 km up Sigalet FSR, turn right into the access of Haggkvist Lake, and drive 0.4 km of rough road into Haggkvist Lake Recreation Site.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 13° | -22° | 32° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 25° | 12° | -24° | 36° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 33° | 21° | 4° | 55° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 38° | 25° | 16° | 58° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 53° | 35° | 27° | 77° | 6 of 11 |
| June | 59° | 40° | 31° | 77° | 3 of 11 |
| July | 70° | 50° | 38° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 71° | 50° | 42° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 59° | 43° | 33° | 75° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 43° | 28° | 22° | 59° | 10 of 10 |
| November | 31° | 24° | 13° | 43° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 25° | 19° | -5° | 34° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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