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Shawnigan Lake

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Total population

8,127

Coordinates48.65°, -123.62°

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City facts

Overview

Situated in British Columbia, Canada, Shawnigan Lake is a small village. Located at 48.654°, -123.623°, Shawnigan Lake occupies a temperate portion of the northern hemisphere. The population stands at approximately 8,127. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,269 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 50% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
48.6538
Longitude
-123.6230
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

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Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Frances Oldham Kelsey
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist (1914–2015)
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Joseph Fall
Canadian flying ace
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Kristopher McDaniel
Canadian rower
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Jay Birnie
Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Loisette M. Marsh
Loisette M. Marsh
Canadian-born Australian marine biologist (1928–2021)
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Jojo Tanaka-Campbell
Canadian professional ice hockey player

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

Nearby places in British Columbia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.48
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,269

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
10
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Shawnigan Lake

The Cowichan
Georgina Montgomery · 2009
Fertilization and thinning effects on a Douglas-fir ecosystem at Shawnigan Lake
Eleanor R. G. McWilliams · 1997
Fertilization and thinning effect on a Douglas-fir ecosystem at Shawnigan Lake
H. Brix · 1993
Surficial geology of the Shawnigan Lake area. by H.E. Blyth [and others]
An economic analysis of fertilization and thinning effects on Douglas-fir stands at Shawnigan Lake
K. M. Duke · 1989
Testing the performance of FORCYTE-11 against results from the Shawnigan Lake thinning and fertilization trials on Douglas-fir
Don Sachs · 1991

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

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

Ground air-quality sensors

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Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • NASA EONET