Pitt Lake

#1025 among destinations in Canada

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. About 53.5 km² in area, it is about 25 km long and about 4.5 km wide at its widest. It is one of the world's relatively few tidal lakes, and among the largest. In Pitt Lake, there is on average a three-foot tide range; thus Pitt Lake is separated from sea level and tidal waters during most hours of each day during the 15 foot tide cycle of the Pitt River and Strait of Georgia estuary immediately downstream. The lake's southern tip is 20 km upstream from The Pitt River confluence with the Fraser River and is 40 km east of Downtown Vancouver. ()

Alternative names: Length: 14.91 miWidth: 2.8 miElevation: 105 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 49°25'0"N, 122°33'0"W

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Pitt Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Golden Ears, Edge Peak, Blanshard Peak, Widgeon Lake.

4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Golden Ears, Golden Ears Provincial Park
107 min walk • Golden Ears is the name of the double summit that lies north of Maple Ridge, British Columbia and is visible from most of the western Lower Mainland.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Edge Peak, Golden Ears Provincial Park
122 min walk • Edge Peak is a summit in the Golden Ears Group, located in Golden Ears Provincial Park north of Maple Ridge, British Columbia. The peak is not named for its shape but rather for Sam Edge who climbed it in 1876.
5.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Blanshard Peak, Maple Ridge
142 min walk • Blanshard Peak also known as The Blanshard Needle by local climbers is a distinctive rock pinnacle in Golden Ears Provincial Park that is visible from many places in the Lower Mainland.
5.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Widgeon Lake
148 min walk • Widgeon Lake is a lake in British Columbia, Canada in Pinecone Burke Provincial park. The area includes a trail that is roughly 25 km long and a stunning glacial lake at the end. The lake is used mainly for hiking, trail running, camping, and canoeing.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Golden Ears Group, Golden Ears Provincial Park
107 min walk • The Golden Ears is the name used by the Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia for a group of mountains in the southern portion of Golden Ears Provincial Park, and visible to most of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Evans Peak, Maple Ridge
158 min walk • Evans Peak is a peak to the Northwest of Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Provincial Park, British Columbia. The peak is named for a father and son, Leslie and John Evans, who vanished in the valley between Edge Peak and Blanshard Peak in the spring of 1966.