Charlotte Lake

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The two lakes, Charlotte Lake and Little Charlotte Lake, are found in the Chilcotin. The two lakes are joined by a short portion of the Atnarko River. They are just south of Nimpo and Anahim Lakes, which are much better known.

Charlotte Lake is accessible by road. It is about 300 kilometres west of Williams Lake The distance to Nimpo is 25 klicks from Nimpo. If you know the area or have a map you can find dirt road access to several points on Charlotte Lake.


It is harder to get access by road to Little Charlotte, but you can drive close to it and then walk. There is a lot of unorganized camping as well as a Forest Service Rec site at the lake. There is no power and no telephone at either lake.

Charlotte Lake itself is quite large - it is roughly 20 kilometres long and 5 wide. It reaches depths of 300 feet. The lake has several sand and gravel beaches.

Charlotte Lake and Little Charlotte Lake have reputations as good fishing lakes. The big lake produces well with trolling. For fly fisherman Little Charlotte, the west end of Charlotte, and the portion of the Atnarko that joins them is most productive. The lake offers some big Rainbows, reaching 3 pounds and bigger. There are also Kokanee in the lake. Kokanee are a type of land-locked Sockeye.

The area south of the lakes is sometimes referred to as the Charlotte Alplands. They offer great hiking and mountain biking opportunities. There is an extensive network of trails and old logging roads.

The lake has three guest facilities at last count.
The first is Charlotte Lake Resort, which rents cabins and RV sites. Atnarko Retreat is a bed and breakfast located there. The One Eye Outfit also does some guiding and outfitting.

You can fly to Nimpo Lake or Anahim Lake on scheduled air services and then make your way to Charlotte. There are also landing strips for wheeled aircraft at both those places. There is an old airstrip on the southeast corner of Charlotte Lake, but the
condition of it is unknown.