Baynes Lake

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Baynes Lake is an unincorporated rural community on the east shore of Lake Koocanusa, just north of the mouth of the Elk River, in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Off BC Highway 93, the locality is by road about 65 kilometres (40 mi) southEAST of Cranbrook and 44 kilometres (27 mi) southWEST of Fernie.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Waldo
  2 mi away
• Elko
  6.8 mi away
• Grasmere
  9.1 mi away
• Hosmer
  27.4 mi away
• Old Town
  40.2 mi away
• Curzon Junction
  42.9 mi away
• Kingsgate
  46 mi away
• Kimberley
  46.5 mi away · pop. 8,115
• Canyon
  56.4 mi away
• Elkford
  56.6 mi away
• Huscroft
  58 mi away
• Rykerts
  59.8 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 53 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 68 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 74 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 77 mi
• Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 121 mi
• Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 141 mi
• Wildfire AUTUMN LANE, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 148 mi
• Wildfire OLD TRAILS, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 150 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

California Tortoiseshell

Nymphalis californica

Seen 2026-09-22

Banded Garden Spider

Argiope trifasciata

Seen 2026-09-19

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Seen 2026-09-18

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Seen 2026-09-18

Columbia Spotted Frog

Rana luteiventris

Seen 2026-09-18

great mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Seen 2026-09-16

creeping mahonia

Berberis repens

Seen 2026-09-15

Western Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta bellii

Seen 2026-09-12

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).