Lake · East Kootenay, British Columbia
McNair Lakes
McNair Lakes (East Kootenay, British Columbia) is a lake of 4 ha (9 acres). Cited sources list one fish species here: Westslope cutthroat trout. 7 stockings are on record, the latest in 2025.
At a glance
- Area
- 4 ha (9 acres)
Who lives here
- Westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisiStocked · 2025 · Fish stocking: Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (gofishbc.com). Water locations: contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia (Freshwater Atlas)
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2025 | Westslope Cutthroat | Yearling | 2,000 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Westslope Cutthroat | Yearling | 300 |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Westslope Cutthroat | Yearling | 2,500 |
| May 18, 2021 | Westslope Cutthroat | Yearling | 1,000 |
| May 14, 2019 | Westslope Cutthroat | Yearling | 2,000 |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Westslope Cutthroat | Fry | 1,586 |
| Oct 17, 2016 | Westslope Cutthroat | Fry | 1,000 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 7 of 7.
Getting on the water
No public access site is listed for this water yet.
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
What's biting
This water is too small for community summaries: on a small water a summary could point to someone's spot.
Questions
What fish are in McNair Lakes?
Cited sources list Westslope cutthroat trout. A fish that isn't listed may still be there.
Is McNair Lakes stocked?
7 stockings are on record, the latest in 2025 (Westslope Cutthroat), as the agency publishes them.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- Natural Resources Canada, CanVec Hydro Features (1:50,000). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.; Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB); Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Boundary Files (census divisions and subdivisions, provinces). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0
- Fish stocking: Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (gofishbc.com). Water locations: contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia (Freshwater Atlas) · Used with permission of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (written reply to data@huntgrid.net, 2026-10-29: "Yes, you can use the fish stocking report data … Please attribute the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC as the source of the information."). Water names and points: Province of British Columbia, Freshwater Atlas, Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above; the map under it is OpenStreetMap's, credited on the map. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.