Mesachie Lake

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

Overview

Mesachie Lake is an unincorporated community in the Cowichan Valley region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the south shore of Cowichan Lake, British Columbia. The name is from the Chinook Jargon for "bad, evil, naughty". It was founded in 1942 by the Hillcrest Lumber Company, which built houses for its workers and their families. This company also planted many non-native fruit and shade trees which have since been given heritage status.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Steve Lingren

Canadian ice hockey player

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Philip Clermont Livingston

Canadian Royal Air Force officer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Honeymoon Bay
  2.4 mi away
• Youbou
  5.5 mi away · pop. 966
• Glenora
  17.5 mi away
• Diamond
  18.8 mi away
• Saltair
  18.9 mi away · pop. 1,184
• S’amuna’ / Somena
  18.9 mi away
• South Forks
  19.4 mi away
• Xwulqw’selu / Koksilah
  20.3 mi away
• Kwa’mutsun / Quamichan
  20.6 mi away
• Extension
  21.4 mi away · pop. 267
• North Oyster
  21.4 mi away
• Lhumlhumuluts’ / Clemclemluts
  21.7 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 Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 123 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 142 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 154 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 161 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 170 mi
• Wildfire SINLAHEKIN, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 202 mi
• Wildfire PEARL HILL, Douglas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-25 · 215 mi
• Wildfire HIGH LAVA, Skamania, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-23 · 223 mi

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

Recently spotted species

lobster mushroom

Hypomyces lactifluorum

Seen 2026-09-12

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Seen 2026-09-06

Roosevelt Elk

Cervus canadensis roosevelti

Seen 2026-09-06

Wapiti

Cervus canadensis

Seen 2026-09-04

Pacific Sideband

Monadenia fidelis

Seen 2026-09-04

Western Yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica

Seen 2026-09-03

pinesap

Monotropa hypopitys

Seen 2026-08-31

Northern Red-legged Frog

Rana aurora

Seen 2026-08-31

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