Wood Lake (British Columbia)
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Wood Lake is a lake in a chain of five major lakes which occupies portions of the Okanagan Valley in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The lakes of the Okanagan Valley were formed by about 8900 BP.
Wood Lake is immediately south of Kalamalka Lake connected to it by a dredged channel (the Oyama canal). Situated between Oyama and Winfield it has a solid reputation for rainbow trout fishing. The lake is named after Tom Wood, who settled on the south end of the lake around 1860. The dry climate and suitable soil have encouraged development of a substantial tree fruit industry around the lake and throughout the valley. The upper watershed is heavily forested and has been logged for several decades. The lower elevation of the watershed is described as a Ponderosa pine/bunchgrass community.
There is also a Wood Lake in Fraser Valley
area of British Columbia.
Wood Lake is immediately south of Kalamalka Lake connected to it by a dredged channel (the Oyama canal). Situated between Oyama and Winfield it has a solid reputation for rainbow trout fishing. The lake is named after Tom Wood, who settled on the south end of the lake around 1860. The dry climate and suitable soil have encouraged development of a substantial tree fruit industry around the lake and throughout the valley. The upper watershed is heavily forested and has been logged for several decades. The lower elevation of the watershed is described as a Ponderosa pine/bunchgrass community.
Physical data
- Normal range of annual water level fluctuation 1.2 m
- Number of beaches 4
There is also a Wood Lake in Fraser Valley
Fraser Valley
The Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. The term is sometimes used to refer to the Fraser Canyon and stretches upstream from there, but in general British Columbian usage of the term refers to the stretch of the...
area of British Columbia.