Profile of Stuart N. Lake on Famous Like Me

Stuart Lake is situated 60 km north of Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada. The town of Fort St. James is situated by the lake near the outlet (Stuart River) of this 66 km long, 10 km wide and relatively shallow lake. Fort St. James, has a lumber mill as do several smaller aboriginal communities in the basin. Treated sewage effluent of the town is discharged to the river downstream of the lake. The lake is usually ice-covered from mid-December to mid-April. Stuart Lake contains rainbow trout, char or lake trout, and burbot fish.

Hydrographical characteristics of the lake

• Area 358 km²
• Length of shoreline 170 km
• Volume 9.3 km³
• Mean Depth 26 m
• Maximum Depth 95 m
• Discharge 4.1 km³/yr
• Watershed area 14600 km²
• Lake elevation 680 m

Sources

• Boating the Large Lakes of Northern British Columbia
• Contaminants in Lake Sediments and Fish by Robie W. Macdonald, D. Patrick Shaw and Colin Gray (PDF)

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