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Stave Lake is a lake and reservoir for the production of hydroelectricity in the Stave River system, located on the northern edge of Mission City, about 65 km (40 mi) east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Cutthroat trout Brook trout Sockeye salmon. Family Salmonidae (Salmon, trout, and whitefish) Least cisco (Coregonus albula) Cisco (Coregonus artedi) Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Bloater (Coregonus hoyi) Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) Broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) Shortjaw cisco ...
British Columbia lakes larger than 400 km 2 (150 sq mi) ; Lake Area (including islands) Altitude Max. depth Volume Williston Lake [1]: 1,761 km 2 (680 sq mi) : 671 m (2,201 ft)
British Columbia lakes larger than 400 km 2 (150 sq mi) Lake Area (including islands) Altitude Depth max. Volume Williston Lake: 1,761 km 2 (680 sq mi) 671 m (2,201 ft) Nechako Reservoir* 890 km 2 (340 sq mi) 853 m (2,799 ft) 305 m (1,001 ft) Atlin Lake: 775 km 2 (299 sq mi) 668 m (2,192 ft) 289 m (948 ft) Babine Lake: 495 km 2 (191 sq mi)
On the upper Stave River, beyond the north end of Stave Lake there are two run-of-the-river hydroelectricity projects, Lamont Creek (28 MW) and Upper Stave River (33.5 MW) both built in 2010 by Cloudworks Energy Inc. [2] a private company based around the BC government's Independent Power Projects (IPP's) legislation, which guarantees such ...
Trout Lake is a popular swimming location and nesting ground to many species of bird. In the late 1800s, Trout Lake was a peat bog that supplied water to Hastings Mill. Trout lake was formerly stocked with rainbow trout and cutthroat trout. [2] Adjacent to the lake is a community centre, playground, ice rink, and a summer farmers' market.
The Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma) is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.Despite the name "trout" (which typically refers to freshwater species from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus), it belongs to the genus Salvelinus (chars), which includes 51 recognized species, the most prominent being the brook ...
British Columbia is the fourth largest producer of salmon in the world and is Canada's leader in aquaculture production with 52.3% of total production value, followed by New Brunswick with 20.7% in 2009. The main species of fish farmed in Canada is led by salmon with 70.5% of all fish in aquaculture followed by mussels with 15.1%.